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  2. Package org.xwiki.model.reference

File EntityReferenceSerializer.java

 

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1    /*
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19    */
20    package org.xwiki.model.reference;
21   
22    import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
23   
24    import org.xwiki.component.annotation.Role;
25    import org.xwiki.component.util.DefaultParameterizedType;
26   
27    /**
28    * Generate a different representation of an Entity Reference (eg as a String).
29    *
30    * @param <T> the type of the new representation
31    * @version $Id: cddba2459ddd16b8e2ebe6d951b716720f2f33bf $
32    * @since 2.2M1
33    */
34    @Role
 
35    public interface EntityReferenceSerializer<T>
36    {
37    /**
38    * Type instance for {@code EntityReferenceResolver<String>}.
39    *
40    * @since 4.0M1
41    */
42    ParameterizedType TYPE_STRING = new DefaultParameterizedType(null, EntityReferenceSerializer.class, String.class);
43   
44    /**
45    * Type instance for {@code EntityReferenceResolver<EntityReference>}.
46    *
47    * @since 4.0M1
48    */
49    ParameterizedType TYPE_REFERENCE = new DefaultParameterizedType(null, EntityReferenceSerializer.class,
50    EntityReference.class);
51   
52    /**
53    * Serialize an entity reference into a new representation of type <code>T</code>.
54    *
55    * @param reference the reference to serialize
56    * @param parameters optional parameters. Their meaning depends on the serializer implementation
57    * @return the new representation (eg as a String)
58    */
59    T serialize(EntityReference reference, Object... parameters);
60    }