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package org.apache.juneau.httppart;

import org.apache.juneau.*;
import org.apache.juneau.serializer.*;

/**
 * Base class for implementations of {@link HttpPartSerializer}
 *
 * <ul class='notes'>
 * 	<li class='note'>This class is thread safe and reusable.
 * </ul>
 *
 * <ul class='seealso'>
 * 	<li class='link'>{@doc jm.HttpPartSerializersParsers}
 * 	<li class='extlink'>{@source}
 * </ul>
 */
public abstract class BaseHttpPartSerializer extends BeanContextable implements HttpPartSerializer {

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	// Builder
	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/**
	 * Builder class.
	 */
	public abstract static class Builder extends BeanContextable.Builder {

		/**
		 * Constructor.
		 */
		protected Builder() {
			super();
		}

		/**
		 * Copy constructor.
		 * @param builder The existing builder to copy.
		 */
		protected Builder(Builder builder) {
			super(builder);
		}
	}

	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	// Instance
	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/**
	 * Constructor.
	 *
	 * @param builder The builder for this object.
	 */
	protected BaseHttpPartSerializer(Builder builder) {
		super(builder);
	}

	/**
	 * Converts the specified value to a string that can be used as an HTTP header value, query parameter value,
	 * form-data parameter, or URI path variable.
	 *
	 * <p>
	 * Returned values should NOT be URL-encoded.
	 *
	 * @param partType The category of value being serialized.
	 * @param schema
	 * 	Schema information about the part.
	 * 	<br>May be <jk>null</jk>.
	 * 	<br>Not all part serializers use the schema information.
	 * @param value The value being serialized.
	 * @return The serialized value.
	 * @throws SerializeException If a problem occurred while trying to parse the input.
	 * @throws SchemaValidationException If the output fails schema validation.
	 */
	public String serialize(HttpPartType partType, HttpPartSchema schema, Object value) throws SchemaValidationException, SerializeException {
		return getPartSession().serialize(partType, schema, value);
	}
}
