com.adobe.granite.workflow.model

Interface WorkflowModelSerializer

public interface WorkflowModelSerializer

WorkflowModelSerializer is the interface for services that provide functionality for de-/serialising WorkflowModel from/to other (textual) representations.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	MIME_TYPE Property for the mime type of the serialization format of the WorkflowModelSerializer.
static java.lang.String	TYPE Property for the type serialization type of the WorkflowModelSerializer.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
WorkflowModel	deserialize(java.lang.String modelDefinition) Deserializes a WorkflowModel instance from the given (textual) model definition.
java.lang.String	getMimeType() Returns the mime type of the WorkflowModelSerializers serialization format.
java.lang.String	getType() Returns the type of the WorkflowModelSerializer.
java.lang.String	serialize(WorkflowModel model) Serializes the given WorkflowModel into a textual representation.

Field Detail

TYPE

static final java.lang.String TYPE

Property for the type serialization type of the WorkflowModelSerializer.

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Constant Field Values

MIME_TYPE

static final java.lang.String MIME_TYPE

Property for the mime type of the serialization format of the WorkflowModelSerializer.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getType

java.lang.String getType()

Returns the type of the WorkflowModelSerializer. Must return a unique string describing the type of the WorkflowModelSerializer and serialization format respectively.

Returns:

Unique string identifier for the type of the WorkflowModelSerializer and serialization format.

getMimeType

java.lang.String getMimeType()

Returns the mime type of the WorkflowModelSerializers serialization format.

Returns:

The mime type of the serialized format.

serialize

java.lang.String serialize(WorkflowModel model)
                    throws java.lang.Exception

Serializes the given WorkflowModel into a textual representation.

Parameters:

model - The WorkflowModel to be serialized.

Returns:

A serialized (textual) representation of the WorkflowModel.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if something goes wrong during serialization

deserialize

WorkflowModel deserialize(java.lang.String modelDefinition)
                   throws java.lang.Exception

Deserializes a WorkflowModel instance from the given (textual) model definition.

Parameters:

modelDefinition - The model definition as string.

Returns:

The deserialized WorkflowModel.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if something goes wrong during deserialization