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package org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.converters.marshaller.json;

import grails.converters.JSON;
import groovy.lang.GroovySystem;
import groovy.lang.MetaClass;
import groovy.lang.MetaMethod;
import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.converters.exceptions.ConverterException;
import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.converters.marshaller.ObjectMarshaller;
import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.json.JSONWriter;

/**
 * @author Siegfried Puchbauer
 * @since 1.1
 */
public class InstanceMethodBasedMarshaller implements ObjectMarshaller<JSON> {

    public boolean supports(Object object) {
        return getToJSONMethod(object) != null;
    }

    public void marshalObject(Object object, JSON converter) throws ConverterException {
        MetaMethod method = getToJSONMethod(object);
        try {
            Object result = method.invoke(object, new Object[]{ converter });
            if(result != null && !(result instanceof JSON) && !(result instanceof JSONWriter)) {
                converter.convertAnother(result);
            }
        } catch(Throwable e) {
            throw e instanceof ConverterException ? (ConverterException)e :
                new ConverterException("Error invoking toJSON method of object with class " + object.getClass().getName(),e);
        }
    }
    
    protected MetaMethod getToJSONMethod(Object object) {
        MetaClass mc = GroovySystem.getMetaClassRegistry().getMetaClass(object.getClass());
        if(mc != null) {
            return mc.getMetaMethod("toJSON", new Object[] { JSON.class });
        }
        return null;

    }
}
