y.io.graphml.output
Class TypeBasedSerializer

java.lang.Object
  y.io.graphml.output.AbstractSerializer
      y.io.graphml.output.TypeBasedSerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.EventListener, SerializationHandler

public abstract class TypeBasedSerializer
extends AbstractSerializer

Convenience base class for implementations of AbstractSerializer that uses type information for the predicate.

Constructor Summary

TypeBasedSerializer()

Method Summary

boolean	canHandle(SerializationEvent e) Checks whether the current item has the correct type.
protected abstract java.lang.Class	getSerializationType(GraphMLWriteContext context) Gets the type for which this instance should handle serialization.

Methods inherited from class y.io.graphml.output.AbstractSerializer

onHandleSerialization, serializeItem

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TypeBasedSerializer

public TypeBasedSerializer()

Method Detail

canHandle

public boolean canHandle(SerializationEvent e)

Checks whether the current item has the correct type. This implementation returns true iff item != null && item.getClass() == getSerializationType(context).
Note: This means that this instance does not handle subclasses of getSerializationType(GraphMLWriteContext)

Specified by:

canHandle in class AbstractSerializer

Parameters:

e - The current event argument

Returns:

true iff item != null && item.getClass() == getSerializationType(context).

getSerializationType

protected abstract java.lang.Class getSerializationType(GraphMLWriteContext context)

Gets the type for which this instance should handle serialization.

Parameters:

context - The current write context.

Returns:

The type for which this instance should handle serialization.