1 files changed, 49 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonSerializationContext.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonSerializationContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca3ec4f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonSerializationContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.google.gson;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+
+/**
+ * Context for serialization that is passed to a custom serializer during invocation of its
+ * {@link JsonSerializer#serialize(Object, Type, JsonSerializationContext)} method.
+ *
+ * @author Inderjeet Singh
+ * @author Joel Leitch
+ */
+public interface JsonSerializationContext {
+
+  /**
+   * Invokes default serialization on the specified object.
+   *
+   * @param src the object that needs to be serialized.
+   * @return a tree of {@link JsonElement}s corresponding to the serialized form of {@code src}.
+   */
+  public JsonElement serialize(Object src);
+
+  /**
+   * Invokes default serialization on the specified object passing the specific type information.
+   * It should never be invoked on the element received as a parameter of the
+   * {@link JsonSerializer#serialize(Object, Type, JsonSerializationContext)} method. Doing
+   * so will result in an infinite loop since Gson will in-turn call the custom serializer again.
+   *
+   * @param src the object that needs to be serialized.
+   * @param typeOfSrc the actual genericized type of src object.
+   * @return a tree of {@link JsonElement}s corresponding to the serialized form of {@code src}.
+   */
+  public JsonElement serialize(Object src, Type typeOfSrc);
+}