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package jodd.json;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Just a base class of {@link jodd.json.JsonParser} that contains
 * various utilities, to reduce the size of a parser.
 */
public abstract class JsonParserBase {
	public JsonParserBase(final boolean strictTypes) {
	}

	/**
	 * Creates new instance of {@link jodd.json.MapToBean}.
	 */
	protected MapToBean createMapToBean(final String classMetadataName) {
		return null;
	}

	/**
	 * Creates new type for JSON array objects.
	 * It returns a collection.
	 * Later, the collection will be converted into the target type.
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	protected Collection<Object> newArrayInstance(final Class targetType) {
		return null;
	}

	/**
	 * Creates new object or a <code>HashMap</code> if type is not specified.
	 */
	protected Object newObjectInstance(final Class targetType) {
		return null;
	}

	/**
	 * Converts type of the given value.
	 */
	protected Object convertType(final Object value, final Class targetType) {
		return null;
	}
}