io.higgs.boson.serialization.mutators

Interface ReadMutator

All Superinterfaces:

ClassMutator

All Known Subinterfaces:

ReadWriteMutator

public interface ReadMutator
extends ClassMutator

A write mutator provides an interface for setting fields on objects without reflection

Author:

Courtney Robinson

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canReadFields(Class<?> klass, Object obj)
<T> List<String>	fields(Class<?> klass, Object obj) Try to determine a list of fields to be serialized.
Object	get(Class<?> klass, Object instance, String field) Gets the value of the given field from the provided instance Preferably without using the Class object

Method Detail

canReadFields

boolean canReadFields(Class<?> klass,
                    Object obj)

Parameters:

klass - the class to check

obj - the instance of the class to check

Returns:

true if this mutator can read fields from the given class or object either or both can be used to determine true or false

get

Object get(Class<?> klass,
         Object instance,
         String field)

Gets the value of the given field from the provided instance Preferably without using the Class object

Parameters:

instance - the instance to get the value from

klass - the class of the instance

field - the field to get @return The value of the given field

fields

<T> List<String> fields(Class<?> klass,
                      Object obj)

Try to determine a list of fields to be serialized. Preferably without using the Class object

Returns:

A list of all modifiable fields on the given class, only these fields will be serialized