com.baasbox.android.json

Class JsonStructure

java.lang.Object

com.baasbox.android.json.JsonStructure

Direct Known Subclasses:

JsonArray, JsonObject

public abstract class JsonStructure
extends java.lang.Object

Represent JSON structured data, either a JsonObject or a JsonArray.

Created by Andrea Tortorella on 01/01/14.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	ABSENT
static int	ARRAY
static int	BOOLEAN
static int	NULL
static int	NUMBER
static int	OBJECT
static int	STRING

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
JsonArray	asArray() Casts this structure to a JsonArray
JsonObject	asObject() Casts this structure to a JsonObject
abstract JsonStructure	clear()
abstract JsonStructure	copy() Creates a deeep copy of this structure.
static JsonStructure	decode(java.lang.String text) Decodes a string into a JsonStructure
abstract java.lang.String	encode() Encodes this structure to it's json representation
boolean	isArray() Checks if this structure is a JsonArray
boolean	isObject() Checks if this structure is JsonObject
abstract JsonArray	values() Returns the values contained in this structure as a JsonArray

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ABSENT

public static final int ABSENT

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OBJECT

public static final int OBJECT

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ARRAY

public static final int ARRAY

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STRING

public static final int STRING

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BOOLEAN

public static final int BOOLEAN

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NUMBER

public static final int NUMBER

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NULL

public static final int NULL

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Method Detail

decode

public static JsonStructure decode(java.lang.String text)

Decodes a string into a JsonStructure

Parameters:

text - the string to decode cannot be null

Returns:

a JsonStructure representation of the string

Throws:

JsonException - if the text cannot be parsed as json.

asArray

public JsonArray asArray()

Casts this structure to a JsonArray

Returns:

this as a JsonArray

Throws:

JsonException - if this structure is not a JsonArray

asObject

public JsonObject asObject()

Casts this structure to a JsonObject

Returns:

this as a JsonObject

Throws:

JsonException - if this structure is not a JsonObject

copy

public abstract JsonStructure copy()

Creates a deeep copy of this structure.

Returns:

a new JsonStructure with the same content

encode

public abstract java.lang.String encode()

Encodes this structure to it's json representation

Returns:

a string representation of this structure

isArray

public final boolean isArray()

Checks if this structure is a JsonArray

Returns:

true if this is a JsonArray false otherwise

isObject

public final boolean isObject()

Checks if this structure is JsonObject

Returns:

true if this is JsonObject false otherwise

values

public abstract JsonArray values()

Returns the values contained in this structure as a JsonArray

Returns:

the values of this structure

clear

public abstract JsonStructure clear()