Converters

Converters are first level serializers which convert an unserialized value into to a graph representation. Custom converter implementations can be linked via @LinkSerializer(). By default, all converters are associated with their type argument. This behaviour can be disabled by specifying isAssociated in the super constructor.

Converters must only be able to serialize single instances. Common collections will be automatically handled by the DOG engine.

Following converters are registered by default. (Primitive types can be converted without the need for a converter)

Converter Name	Serialized Type
PolymorphicConverter	dynamic, Object (not associated)
DefaultIterableConverter	Iterable<dynamic> (not associated)
DefaultListConverter	List<dynamic> (not associated)
DefaultSetConverter	Set<dynamic> (not associated)
DefaultMapConverter	Map<dynamic,dynamic> (not associated)
DateTimeConverter
DurationConverter
UriConverter
Uint8List

Polymorphism

Dog supports first level polymorphism for all data types which are either primitive or have a registered Structures. Complex types are identified by a added _type property in the resulting DogMap. Complex types which are serialized to a graph value which is not a map are expanded into a map containing the type in _type and the converted value in _value. Properties can be marked as polymorphic by tagging the fields with @Polymorphic().