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org.apache.wink.json4j
Class JSONWriter

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.wink.json4j.JSONWriter

Direct Known Subclasses:

JSONStringer

public class JSONWriter
extends Object

This class implements a JSONWrier, a convenience function for writing out JSON to a writer or underlying stream.

Field Summary

protected Writer

writer The writer to use to output JSON in a semi-streaming fashion.

Constructor Summary

JSONWriter(Writer writer)
Constructor.

Method Summary

JSONWriter	array() Open a new JSON Array in the output stream.
void	close() Method to close the JSON Writer.
JSONWriter	endArray() Method to close the current JSON Array in the stream.
JSONWriter	endObject() Method to close a current JSON object in the stream.
JSONWriter	flush() Method to flush the underlying writer so that all buffered content, if any, is written out.
JSONWriter	key(String s) Place a key in the current JSON Object.
JSONWriter	object() Open a new JSON Object in the output stream.
JSONWriter	value(boolean b) Method to write a boolean to the current writer position.
JSONWriter	value(double d) Method to write a double to the current writer position.
JSONWriter	value(int i) Method to write an int to the current writer position.
JSONWriter	value(long l) Method to write a double to the current writer position.
JSONWriter	value(Object o) Method to write an Object to the current writer position.
JSONWriter	value(short s) Method to write a short to the current writer position.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

writer

protected Writer writer

The writer to use to output JSON in a semi-streaming fashion.

Constructor Detail

JSONWriter

public JSONWriter(Writer writer)
           throws NullPointerException

Constructor.

Parameters:

writer - The writer to use to do 'streaming' JSON writing.

Throws:

NullPointerException - Thrown if writer is null.

Method Detail

array

public JSONWriter array()
                 throws IOException,
                        IllegalStateException

Open a new JSON Array in the output stream.

Returns:

A reference to this writer.

Throws:

IOException - Thrown if an error occurs on the underlying writer.

IllegalstateException - Thrown if the current writer position does not permit an array.

IllegalStateException

endArray

public JSONWriter endArray()
                    throws IOException

Method to close the current JSON Array in the stream.

Returns:

A reference to this writer.

Throws:

IOException - Thrown if an IO error occurs on the underlying writer.

IllegalStateException - Thrown if the writer position is not inside an array.

endObject

public JSONWriter endObject()
                     throws IOException,
                            IllegalStateException

Method to close a current JSON object in the stream.

Returns:

A reference to this writer.

Throws:

IOException - Thrown if an IO error occurs on the underlying writer.

IllegalStateException - Thrown if the writer position is not inside an object, or if the object has a key placed, but no value.

key

public JSONWriter key(String s)
               throws IOException,
                      IllegalStateException,
                      NullPointerException

Place a key in the current JSON Object.

Returns:

A reference to this writer.

Throws:

IOException - Thrown if an IO error occurs on the underlying writer.

IllegalStateException - Thrown if the current writer position is not within an object.

NullPointerException

object

public JSONWriter object()
                  throws IOException,
                         IllegalStateException

Open a new JSON Object in the output stream.

Returns:

A reference to this writer.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - Thrown if an object cannot currently be created in the stream.

IOException - Thrown if an IO error occurs in the underlying writer.

value

public JSONWriter value(boolean b)
                 throws IOException,
                        IllegalStateException

Method to write a boolean to the current writer position.

Returns:

A reference to this writer.

Throws:

IOException - Thrown if an IO error occurs on the underlying writer.

IllegalStateException - Thrown if the current writer position will not accept a boolean value.

value

public JSONWriter value(double d)
                 throws IOException,
                        IllegalStateException

Method to write a double to the current writer position.

Parameters:

d - The Double to write.

Returns:

A reference to this writer.

Throws:

IOException - Thrown if an IO error occurs on the underlying writer.

IllegalStateException - Thrown if the current writer position will not accept a double value.

value

public JSONWriter value(long l)
                 throws IOException,
                        IllegalStateException

Method to write a double to the current writer position.

Parameters:

l - The long to write.

Returns:

A reference to this writer.

Throws:

IOException - Thrown if an IO error occurs on the underlying writer.

IllegalStateException - Thrown if the current writer position will not accept a double value.

value

public JSONWriter value(int i)
                 throws IOException,
                        IllegalStateException

Method to write an int to the current writer position.

Parameters:

i - The int to write.

Returns:

A reference to this writer.

Throws:

IOException - Thrown if an IO error occurs on the underlying writer.

IllegalStateException - Thrown if the current writer position will not accept a double value.

value

public JSONWriter value(short s)
                 throws IOException,
                        IllegalStateException

Method to write a short to the current writer position.

Parameters:

s - The short to write.

Returns:

A reference to this writer.

Throws:

IOException - Thrown if an IO error occurs on the underlying writer.

IllegalStateException - Thrown if the current writer position will not accept a double value.

value

public JSONWriter value(Object o)
                 throws IOException,
                        IllegalStateException,
                        JSONException

Method to write an Object to the current writer position.

Parameters:

o - The object to write.

Returns:

A reference to this writer.

Throws:

IOException - Thrown if an IO error occurs on the underlying writer.

JSONException - Thrown if the object is not JSONAble.

IllegalStateException

close

public void close()
           throws IOException,
                  IllegalStateException

Method to close the JSON Writer. All current object depths will be closed out and the writer closed.

Throws:

IOException - Thrown if an IO error occurs on the underlying writer.

IllegalStateException - Thrown if the writer position is in an object and a key has been placed, but a value has not been assigned or if the writer was already closed.

flush

public JSONWriter flush()
                 throws IOException

Method to flush the underlying writer so that all buffered content, if any, is written out.

Returns:

A reference to this writer.

Throws:

IOException