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+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.common.gson.internal;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Super class of serializers and de-serializers that deal with "lifted" data, that is,
+ * data that is lifted from a nested json object into the containing object.
+ */
+public class Lifter extends MethodAdapter {
+
+    /**
+     * Names of the properties that are <i>not</i> to be lifted.
+     */
+    private final Set<String> unliftedProps;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs the object.
+     *
+     * @param gson Gson object providing type adapters
+     * @param unliftedProps property names that should not be lifted
+     * @param accessor method used to access the item from within an object
+     * @param type the class of value on which this operates
+     */
+    public Lifter(Gson gson, Set<String> unliftedProps, Method accessor, Type type) {
+        super(gson, accessor, type);
+
+        this.unliftedProps = unliftedProps;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Determines if a property should be lifted.
+     *
+     * @param propName the name of the property
+     * @return {@code true} if the property should be lifted, {@code false} otherwise
+     */
+    public boolean shouldLift(String propName) {
+        return !unliftedProps.contains(propName);
+    }
+}