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package org.apache.hadoop.tools.rumen.serializers;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.hadoop.tools.rumen.datatypes.DataType;
import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator;
import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonSerializer;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider;

/**
 * Default Rumen JSON serializer.
 */
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public class DefaultRumenSerializer extends JsonSerializer<DataType> {
  public void serialize(DataType object, JsonGenerator jGen, SerializerProvider sProvider) 
  throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
    Object data = object.getValue();
    if (data instanceof String) {
      jGen.writeString(data.toString());
    } else {
      jGen.writeObject(data);
    }
  };
}