package <%=packageName%>.web.rest;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
/**
* Utility class for testing REST controllers.
*/
public class TestUtil {
/** MediaType for JSON UTF8 */
public static final MediaType APPLICATION_JSON_UTF8 = new MediaType(
MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON.getType(),
MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON.getSubtype(), Charset.forName("utf8"));
/**
* Convert an object to JSON byte array.
*
* @param object
* the object to convert
* @return the JSON byte array
* @throws IOException
*/
public static byte[] convertObjectToJsonBytes(Object object)
throws IOException {
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapper.setSerializationInclusion(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL);
return mapper.writeValueAsBytes(object);
}
}