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+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 Jesse Morgan
+ */
+
+package com.p4square.grow.provider;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.DeserializationConfig;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializationConfig;
+
+/**
+ * Provider provides a simple interface for loading and persisting
+ * objects.
+ *
+ * @author Jesse Morgan <jesse@jesterpm.net>
+ */
+public abstract class JsonEncodedProvider<K, V> implements Provider<K, V> {
+    public static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
+    static {
+        MAPPER.configure(SerializationConfig.Feature.WRITE_ENUMS_USING_TO_STRING, true);
+        MAPPER.configure(DeserializationConfig.Feature.READ_ENUMS_USING_TO_STRING, true);
+        MAPPER.configure(DeserializationConfig.Feature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
+    }
+
+    private final Class<V> mClazz;
+
+    public JsonEncodedProvider(Class<V> clazz) {
+        mClazz = clazz;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Encode the object as JSON.
+     *
+     * @param obj The object to encode.
+     * @return The JSON encoding of obj.
+     * @throws IOException if the object cannot be encoded.
+     */
+    protected String encode(V obj) throws IOException {
+        return MAPPER.writeValueAsString(obj);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Decode the JSON string as an object.
+     *
+     * @param blob The JSON data to decode.
+     * @return The decoded object or null if blob is null.
+     * @throws IOException If an object cannot be decoded.
+     */
+    protected V decode(String blob) throws IOException {
+        if (blob == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        V obj = MAPPER.readValue(blob, mClazz);
+        return obj;
+    }
+}
+