//
//  EasyMapping
//
//  Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Lucas Medeiros.
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#import "EKObjectMapping.h"
#import "EKManagedObjectMapping.h"

/**
 `EKSerializer` is a class, that allows converting objects to their JSON representation, using `EKObjectMapping`. CoreData objects are supported too.
 */
@interface EKSerializer : NSObject

/**
 Convert object to JSON representation.
 
 @param object object to convert.
 
 @param mapping object mapping.
 
 @result parsed JSON in a form of NSDictionary.
 */
+ (NSDictionary *)serializeObject:(id)object withMapping:(EKObjectMapping *)mapping;

/**
 Convert objects to JSON representation.
 
 @param collection objects to convert.
 
 @param mapping object mapping.
 
 @result parsed JSON in a form of NSArray.
 */
+ (NSArray *)serializeCollection:(NSArray *)collection withMapping:(EKObjectMapping *)mapping;

/**
 Convert CoreData managed object to JSON representation.
 
 @param object object to convert.
 
 @param mapping object mapping.
 
 @param context NSManagedObjectContext objects are in. If you don't use context lookups in reverse blocks, you can simply pass nil.
 
 @result parsed JSON in a form of NSDictionary.
 */
+ (NSDictionary *)serializeObject:(id)object
                      withMapping:(EKManagedObjectMapping *)mapping
                      fromContext:(NSManagedObjectContext *)context;

/**
 Convert CoreData managed objects to JSON representation.
 
 @param collection objects to convert.
 
 @param mapping object mapping.
 
 @param context NSManagedObjectContext objects are in. If you don't use context lookups in reverse blocks, you can simply pass nil.
 
 @result parsed JSON in a form of NSArray.
 */
+ (NSArray *)serializeCollection:(NSArray *)collection
                     withMapping:(EKManagedObjectMapping*)mapping
                     fromContext:(NSManagedObjectContext *)context;
@end