Package dev.mintychochip.mint.preferences

Interface PreferenceType<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type this serializer handles

All Known Implementing Classes:

EnumPreferenceType

@Experimental
@AvailableSince("1.3")
public interface PreferenceType<T>

Defines how to serialize and deserialize preference values.

Implementations must handle conversion between byte arrays and objects.

Since:

1.3

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
T	deserialize(byte[] object)	Deserializes a byte array into an object.
Class<T>	preferenceClass()	Gets the class this preference type handles.
byte[]	serialize(T object)	Serializes an object into a byte array.
default TypeKey<T>	typeKey()	Gets the type key for this preference type, including generic type information.

Method Details

deserialize

@AvailableSince("1.3")
T deserialize(byte[] object)

Deserializes a byte array into an object.

Parameters:

object - the byte array to deserialize

Returns:

the deserialized value

serialize

@AvailableSince("1.3")
byte[] serialize(T object)

Serializes an object into a byte array.

Parameters:

object - the object to serialize

Returns:

the serialized byte array

preferenceClass

@AvailableSince("1.3")
Class<T> preferenceClass()

Gets the class this preference type handles.

Returns:

the preference class

typeKey

@AvailableSince("1.3.6")
default TypeKey<T> typeKey()

Gets the type key for this preference type, including generic type information.

For simple types, this defaults to TypeKey.of(preferenceClass()). For generic types like List<String>, implementations should override this to provide the full generic type information.

Returns:

the type key