org.shredzone.flattr4j.connector
Class FlattrObject

java.lang.Object
  org.shredzone.flattr4j.connector.FlattrObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

Externalizable, Serializable

public class FlattrObject
extends Object
implements Serializable, Externalizable

Represents the raw Flattr data.

Basically, this is a wrapper around JSONObject, which takes care for the JSONException and also for serialization of JSON structures.

Author:

Richard "Shred" Körber

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

FlattrObject()
Creates a new, empty FlattrObject.

FlattrObject(org.json.JSONObject data)
Creates a FlattrObject from the given JSONObject.

FlattrObject(String json)
Creates a FlattrObject from the given JSON string.

Method Summary

String	get(String key) Gets a String from the given key.
boolean	getBoolean(String key) Gets a boolean from the given key.
Date	getDate(String key) Gets a Date from the given key.
FlattrObject	getFlattrObject(String key) Gets a FlattrObject from the given key.
int	getInt(String key) Gets an integer from the given key.
org.json.JSONObject	getJSONObject() Returns the JSONObject that represents this FlattrObject.
Object	getObject(String key) Gets an Object from the given key.
List<FlattrObject>	getObjects(String key) Gets a collection of FlattrObject from the given key.
List<String>	getStrings(String key) Gets a collection of String from the given key.
String	getSubString(String key, String subKey) Gets a String from the given subKey which is a property of the given key.
boolean	has(String key) Checks if there is a key.
void	put(String key, Object value) Changes the key and sets it to the given value.
void	putStrings(String key, Collection<String> value) Puts a collection of strings as array object to the given key.
void	readExternal(ObjectInput in)
String	toString() Returns the current state of the FlattrObject as JSON string.
void	writeExternal(ObjectOutput out)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FlattrObject

public FlattrObject()

Creates a new, empty FlattrObject.

FlattrObject

public FlattrObject(org.json.JSONObject data)

Creates a FlattrObject from the given JSONObject.

Parameters:

data - JSONObject to use. It is not cloned. It's contents may be changed by this FlattrObject.

FlattrObject

public FlattrObject(String json)

Creates a FlattrObject from the given JSON string.

Parameters:

json - JSON string to initialize the FlattrObject with

Method Detail

has

public boolean has(String key)

Checks if there is a key.

Parameters:

key - Key to check for

Returns:

true if there is such a key (value may still be null).

getObject

public Object getObject(String key)

Gets an Object from the given key.

Parameters:

key - Key to read from

Returns:

Object that was read

Throws:

MarshalException - if there was no such key

get

public String get(String key)

Gets a String from the given key.

Parameters:

key - Key to read from

Returns:

String that was read

Throws:

MarshalException - if there was no such key

getSubString

public String getSubString(String key,
                           String subKey)

Gets a String from the given subKey which is a property of the given key.

Parameters:

key - Key of the parent object

subKey - Key to read from

Returns:

String that was read

Throws:

MarshalException - if there was no such key or subKey

getFlattrObject

public FlattrObject getFlattrObject(String key)

Gets a FlattrObject from the given key.

Parameters:

key - Key to read from

Returns:

FlattrObject that was read

Throws:

MarshalException - if there was no such key

getInt

public int getInt(String key)

Gets an integer from the given key.

Parameters:

key - Key to read from

Returns:

integer that was read

Throws:

MarshalException - if there was no such key, or if it did not contain the expected type

getBoolean

public boolean getBoolean(String key)

Gets a boolean from the given key.

Parameters:

key - Key to read from

Returns:

boolean that was read

Throws:

MarshalException - if there was no such key, or if it did not contain the expected type

getDate

public Date getDate(String key)

Gets a Date from the given key.

Parameters:

key - Key to read from

Returns:

Date that was read, or null if no date was set

Throws:

MarshalException - if there was no such key, or if it did not contain the expected type

getStrings

public List<String> getStrings(String key)

Gets a collection of String from the given key.

Parameters:

key - Key to read from

Returns:

Collection of Strings

Throws:

MarshalException - if there was no such key, or if it did not contain the expected type

getObjects

public List<FlattrObject> getObjects(String key)

Gets a collection of FlattrObject from the given key.

Parameters:

key - Key to read from

Returns:

Collection of FlattrObject

Throws:

MarshalException - if there was no such key, or if it did not contain the expected type

put

public void put(String key,
                Object value)

Changes the key and sets it to the given value.

Parameters:

key - Key to write to

value - Value to be written

Throws:

MarshalException - if the key could not be changed

putStrings

public void putStrings(String key,
                       Collection<String> value)

Puts a collection of strings as array object to the given key.

Parameters:

key - Key to write to

value - Collection of Strings to write

Throws:

MarshalException - if the key could not be changed

toString

public String toString()

Returns the current state of the FlattrObject as JSON string.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

JSON representation of the current state

getJSONObject

public org.json.JSONObject getJSONObject()

Returns the JSONObject that represents this FlattrObject. Note that changes to this JSONObject will affect the FlattrObject as well.

Returns:

JSONObject

writeExternal

public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput out)
                   throws IOException

Specified by:

writeExternal in interface Externalizable

Throws:

IOException

readExternal

public void readExternal(ObjectInput in)
                  throws IOException,
                         ClassNotFoundException

Specified by:

readExternal in interface Externalizable

Throws:

IOException

ClassNotFoundException