Merge "Add pretty() method to Coder"

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/utils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/common/utils/coder/Coder.java b/utils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/common/utils/coder/Coder.java
index bb51f2b9..ec0e5e42 100644
--- a/utils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/common/utils/coder/Coder.java
+++ b/utils/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/common/utils/coder/Coder.java
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /*
  * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- * ONAP PAP
+ * ONAP
  * ================================================================================
- * Copyright (C) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (C) 2019-2020 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
  * ================================================================================
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ public interface Coder {
     String encode(Object object) throws CoderException;
 
     /**
+     * Encodes an object into json, optionally making it "pretty".
+     *
+     * @param object object to be encoded
+     * @param pretty {@code true} if it should be encoded as "pretty" json, {@code false} otherwise
+     * @return a json string representing the object
+     * @throws CoderException if an error occurs
+     */
+    String encode(Object object, boolean pretty) throws CoderException;
+
+    /**
      * Encodes an object into json, writing to the given target.
      *
      * @param target target to which to write the encoded json