Interface ExclusionStrategy

gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ExclusionStrategy.java:94–111

A strategy (or policy) definition that is used to decide whether or not a field or class should be serialized or deserialized as part of the JSON output/input. <p>The following are a few examples that shows how you can use this exclusion mechanism. <p><strong>Exclude fields and objects based on a

 * @since 1.4
 */
public interface ExclusionStrategy {

  /**
   * Decides if a field should be skipped during serialization or deserialization.
   *
   * @param f the field object that is under test
   * @return true if the field should be ignored; otherwise false
   */
  boolean shouldSkipField(FieldAttributes f);

  /**
   * Decides if a class should be serialized or deserialized
   *
   * @param clazz the class object that is under test
   * @return true if the class should be ignored; otherwise false
   */
  boolean shouldSkipClass(Class<?> clazz);
}