/**
* Make YAML aware how to parse a custom Class. If there is no root Class assigned in constructor
* then the 'root' property of this definition is respected.
*
* @param definition to be added to the Constructor
* @return the previous value associated with <tt>definition</tt>, or <tt>null</tt> if there was
* no mapping for <tt>definition</tt>.
*/
public TypeDescription addTypeDescription(TypeDescription definition) {
if (definition == null) {
throw new NullPointerException("TypeDescription is required.");
}
Tag tag = definition.getTag();
typeTags.put(tag, definition.getType());
return typeDefinitions.put(definition.getType(), definition);
}
public Constructor(TypeDescription theRoot) {
if (theRoot == null) {
throw new NullPointerException("Root type must be provided.");
}
this.yamlConstructors.put(null, new ConstructYamlObject());
if (!Object.class.equals(theRoot.getType())) {
rootTag = new Tag(theRoot.getType());
}
typeTags = new HashMap<Tag, Class<? extends Object>>();
typeDefinitions = new HashMap<Class<? extends Object>, TypeDescription>();
yamlClassConstructors.put(NodeId.scalar, new ConstructScalar());
yamlClassConstructors.put(NodeId.mapping, new ConstructMapping());
yamlClassConstructors.put(NodeId.sequence, new ConstructSequence());
addTypeDescription(theRoot);
}