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+// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#ifndef BASE_JSON_JSON_FILE_VALUE_SERIALIZER_H_
+#define BASE_JSON_JSON_FILE_VALUE_SERIALIZER_H_
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "base/base_export.h"
+#include "base/basictypes.h"
+#include "base/files/file_path.h"
+#include "base/values.h"
+
+class BASE_EXPORT JSONFileValueSerializer : public base::ValueSerializer {
+ public:
+  // json_file_patch is the path of a file that will be source of the
+  // deserialization or the destination of the serialization.
+  // When deserializing, the file should exist, but when serializing, the
+  // serializer will attempt to create the file at the specified location.
+  explicit JSONFileValueSerializer(const base::FilePath& json_file_path)
+    : json_file_path_(json_file_path),
+      allow_trailing_comma_(false) {}
+
+  virtual ~JSONFileValueSerializer() {}
+
+  // DO NOT USE except in unit tests to verify the file was written properly.
+  // We should never serialize directly to a file since this will block the
+  // thread. Instead, serialize to a string and write to the file you want on
+  // the file thread.
+  //
+  // Attempt to serialize the data structure represented by Value into
+  // JSON.  If the return value is true, the result will have been written
+  // into the file whose name was passed into the constructor.
+  virtual bool Serialize(const base::Value& root) OVERRIDE;
+
+  // Equivalent to Serialize(root) except binary values are omitted from the
+  // output.
+  bool SerializeAndOmitBinaryValues(const base::Value& root);
+
+  // Attempt to deserialize the data structure encoded in the file passed
+  // in to the constructor into a structure of Value objects.  If the return
+  // value is NULL, and if |error_code| is non-null, |error_code| will
+  // contain an integer error code (either JsonFileError or JsonParseError).
+  // If |error_message| is non-null, it will be filled in with a formatted
+  // error message including the location of the error if appropriate.
+  // The caller takes ownership of the returned value.
+  virtual base::Value* Deserialize(int* error_code,
+                                   std::string* error_message) OVERRIDE;
+
+  // This enum is designed to safely overlap with JSONReader::JsonParseError.
+  enum JsonFileError {
+    JSON_NO_ERROR = 0,
+    JSON_ACCESS_DENIED = 1000,
+    JSON_CANNOT_READ_FILE,
+    JSON_FILE_LOCKED,
+    JSON_NO_SUCH_FILE
+  };
+
+  // File-specific error messages that can be returned.
+  static const char* kAccessDenied;
+  static const char* kCannotReadFile;
+  static const char* kFileLocked;
+  static const char* kNoSuchFile;
+
+  // Convert an error code into an error message.  |error_code| is assumed to
+  // be a JsonFileError.
+  static const char* GetErrorMessageForCode(int error_code);
+
+  void set_allow_trailing_comma(bool new_value) {
+    allow_trailing_comma_ = new_value;
+  }
+
+ private:
+  bool SerializeInternal(const base::Value& root, bool omit_binary_values);
+
+  base::FilePath json_file_path_;
+  bool allow_trailing_comma_;
+
+  // A wrapper for ReadFileToString which returns a non-zero JsonFileError if
+  // there were file errors.
+  int ReadFileToString(std::string* json_string);
+
+  DISALLOW_IMPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS(JSONFileValueSerializer);
+};
+
+#endif  // BASE_JSON_JSON_FILE_VALUE_SERIALIZER_H_
+