JsonStringHashMap.java

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package org.apache.arrow.vector.util;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;

/**
 * Simple class that extends the regular java.util.HashMap but overrides the toString() method of
 * the HashMap class to produce a JSON string instead
 *
 * @param <K> The type of the key for the map.
 * @param <V> The type of the value for the map.
 */
public class JsonStringHashMap<K, V> extends LinkedHashMap<K, V> {

  private static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = ObjectMapperFactory.newObjectMapper();

  @Override
  public final String toString() {
    try {
      return MAPPER.writeValueAsString(this);
    } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
      throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot serialize hash map to JSON string", e);
    }
  }
}