update JSON mapper implementation

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/eaaf_core/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/api/utils/IJsonMapper.java b/eaaf_core/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/api/utils/IJsonMapper.java
index 10e6464b..6db5a6ae 100644
--- a/eaaf_core/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/api/utils/IJsonMapper.java
+++ b/eaaf_core/src/main/java/at/gv/egiz/eaaf/core/api/utils/IJsonMapper.java
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 package at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.utils;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EAAFJsonMapperException;
 
 public interface IJsonMapper {
-
-
+	
 	/**
 	 * Serialize an object to a JSON string.
 	 * @param value the object to serialize
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ public interface IJsonMapper {
 	 */
 	<T> Object deserialize(String value, Class<T> clazz) throws EAAFJsonMapperException;
 
-	//<T> Object deserialize(String value, TypeReference<T> clazz) throws EAAFJsonMapperException;
-
+	/**
+	 * Deserialize a JSON string.
+	 * 
+	 * @param is the JSON to deserialize as {@link InputStream}
+	 * @param clazz optional parameter that determines the type of the returned object. If not set, an {@link Object} is returned.
+	 * @return the deserialized JSON string as an object of type {@code clazz} or {@link Object}
+	 * @throws JsonParseException if the JSON string contains invalid content.
+	 * @throws JsonMappingException if the input JSON structure does not match structure expected for result type
+	 * @throws IOException if an I/O problem occurs (e.g. unexpected end-of-input)
+	 */
+	<T> Object deserialize(InputStream is, Class<T> clazz) throws EAAFJsonMapperException;
+	
 }
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