# Copyright 2013 IBM Corp. # # 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. """Provides the definition of a message serialization handler""" import abc from oslo_serialization import jsonutils __all__ = ['Serializer', 'NoOpSerializer', 'JsonPayloadSerializer'] class Serializer(object, metaclass=abc.ABCMeta): """Generic (de-)serialization definition base class.""" @abc.abstractmethod def serialize_entity(self, ctxt, entity): """Serialize something to primitive form. :param ctxt: Request context, in deserialized form :param entity: Entity to be serialized :returns: Serialized form of entity """ @abc.abstractmethod def deserialize_entity(self, ctxt, entity): """Deserialize something from primitive form. :param ctxt: Request context, in deserialized form :param entity: Primitive to be deserialized :returns: Deserialized form of entity """ @abc.abstractmethod def serialize_context(self, ctxt): """Serialize a request context into a dictionary. :param ctxt: Request context :returns: Serialized form of context """ @abc.abstractmethod def deserialize_context(self, ctxt): """Deserialize a dictionary into a request context. :param ctxt: Request context dictionary :returns: Deserialized form of entity """ class NoOpSerializer(Serializer): """A serializer that does nothing.""" def serialize_entity(self, ctxt, entity): return entity def deserialize_entity(self, ctxt, entity): return entity def serialize_context(self, ctxt): return ctxt def deserialize_context(self, ctxt): return ctxt class JsonPayloadSerializer(NoOpSerializer): @staticmethod def serialize_entity(context, entity): return jsonutils.to_primitive(entity, convert_instances=True)