grails.converters
Class JSON

java.lang.Object
  org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.converters.AbstractConverter
      grails.converters.JSON

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter

public class JSON
extends AbstractConverter
implements Converter

Author:

Siegfried Puchbauer

Constructor Summary

JSON()
Default Constructor for a JSON Converter

JSON(Object target)
Creates a new JSON Converter for the given Object

Method Summary

void	array(Object o)
Object	asType(Class type)
protected void	bean(Object o) Renders any Java object to the JSON Writer by leveraging the Java reflection API
protected void	domain(Object o) Renders a instance of a Grails Domain Class to the JSON Writer
boolean	isRenderDomainClassRelations() Returns true if the JSON Converter is configured to convert referenced Domain Class instances as they are or just their id's (false)
void	render(HttpServletResponse response) Directs the JSON Writer to the Outputstream of the HttpServletResponse and sets the Content-Type to text/json
void	render(Writer out) Directs the JSON Writer to the given Writer
JSON	setRenderDomainClassRelations(boolean renderDomainClassRelations)
void	setTarget(Object target)
String	toString(boolean prettyPrint) Performs the conversion and returns the resulting JSON as String
void	value(Object o)

Methods inherited from class org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.converters.AbstractConverter

toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

JSON

public JSON()

Default Constructor for a JSON Converter

JSON

public JSON(Object target)

Creates a new JSON Converter for the given Object

Parameters:

target - the Object to convert

Method Detail

isRenderDomainClassRelations

public boolean isRenderDomainClassRelations()

Returns true if the JSON Converter is configured to convert referenced Domain Class instances as they are or just their id's (false)

Returns:

true or false ;-)

setRenderDomainClassRelations

public JSON setRenderDomainClassRelations(boolean renderDomainClassRelations)

Parameters:

renderDomainClassRelations -

Returns:

the JSON instance for chaining

render

public void render(Writer out)
            throws ConverterException

Directs the JSON Writer to the given Writer

Specified by:

render in interface Converter

Parameters:

out - the Writer

Throws:

ConverterException

render

public void render(HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ConverterException

Directs the JSON Writer to the Outputstream of the HttpServletResponse and sets the Content-Type to text/json

Specified by:

render in interface Converter

Parameters:

response - a HttpServletResponse

Throws:

ConverterException

bean

protected void bean(Object o)
             throws ConverterException

Renders any Java object to the JSON Writer by leveraging the Java reflection API

Parameters:

o - The Bean to render

Throws:

ConverterException

domain

protected void domain(Object o)
               throws ConverterException

Renders a instance of a Grails Domain Class to the JSON Writer

Parameters:

o - The Domain Class instance

Throws:

ConverterException

array

public void array(Object o)
           throws ConverterException

Parameters:

o - the array object

Throws:

ConverterException

value

public void value(Object o)
           throws ConverterException

Parameters:

o -

Throws:

ConverterException

toString

public String toString(boolean prettyPrint)
                throws JSONException

Performs the conversion and returns the resulting JSON as String

Parameters:

prettyPrint - true, if the output should be indented, otherwise false

Returns:

a JSON String

Throws:

JSONException

setTarget

public void setTarget(Object target)

Specified by:

setTarget in class AbstractConverter

Parameters:

target -

asType

public Object asType(Class type)

Parameters:

type -

Returns: