public String serialize(final ResourceKey bundleKey, final ResourceKey key)
throws ResourceException {
// Validate the parameter
if (key == null) {
throw new NullPointerException("The ResourceKey can not be null");
}
if (isSupportedKey(key) == false) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Key format is not recognized.");
}
if (!(key.getIdentifier() instanceof File)) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"ResourceKey is invalid - identifier is not a File object");
}
// Log information
logger.debug("Serializing a File Resource Key...");
if (key.getParent() != null) {
throw new ResourceException(
"Unable to serialize a File-ResourceKey with a parent. This type is not expected to have a parent.");
}
// Create a string version of the identifier
try {
final File file = (File) key.getIdentifier();
final String strIdentifier = file.getCanonicalPath();
final String result =
ResourceKeyUtils.createStringResourceKey(
key.getSchema().toString(), strIdentifier, key.getFactoryParameters());
logger.debug("Serialized File Resource Key: [" + result + "]");
return result;
} catch (IOException ioe) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
"Could not determine cononical path to file specified in ResourceKey: "
+ ioe.getMessage());
}
}
