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+package org.apache.juneau.parser;
+
+import static org.apache.juneau.internal.StringUtils.*;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.lang.reflect.*;
+import java.text.*;
+import java.util.*;
+
+import org.apache.juneau.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.annotation.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.internal.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.transform.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.transforms.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.utils.*;
+
+/**
+ * Parent class for all Juneau parsers.
+ *
+ *
+ * <h6 class='topic'>@Consumes annotation</h6>
+ * <p>
+ * 	The media types that this parser can handle is specified through the {@link Consumes @Consumes} annotation.
+ * <p>
+ * 	However, the media types can also be specified programmatically by overriding the {@link #getMediaTypes()} method.
+ *
+ *
+ * <a id='ValidDataConversions'></a><h6 class='topic'>Valid data conversions</h6>
+ * 	Parsers can parse any parsable POJO types, as specified in the <a class='doclink' href='../package-summary.html#PojoCategories'>POJO Categories</a>.
+ * <p>
+ * 	Some examples of conversions are shown below...
+ * </p>
+ * 	<table class='styled'>
+ * 		<tr>
+ * 			<th>Data type</th>
+ * 			<th>Class type</th>
+ * 			<th>JSON example</th>
+ * 			<th>XML example</th>
+ * 			<th>Class examples</th>
+ * 		</tr>
+ * 		<tr>
+ * 			<td>object</td>
+ * 			<td>Maps, Java beans</td>
+ * 			<td class='code'>{name:<js>'John Smith'</js>,age:21}</td>
+ * 			<td class='code'><xt>&lt;object&gt;
+ * 	&lt;name</xt> <xa>type</xa>=<xs>'string'</xs><xt>&gt;</xt>John Smith<xt>&lt;/name&gt;
+ * 	&lt;age</xt> <xa>type</xa>=<xs>'number'</xs><xt>&gt;</xt>21<xt>&lt;/age&gt;
+ * &lt;/object&gt;</xt></td>
+ * 			<td class='code'>HashMap, TreeMap&lt;String,Integer&gt;</td>
+ * 		</tr>
+ * 		<tr>
+ * 			<td>array</td>
+ * 			<td>Collections, Java arrays</td>
+ * 			<td class='code'>[1,2,3]</td>
+ * 			<td class='code'><xt>&lt;array&gt;
+ * 	&lt;number&gt;</xt>1<xt>&lt;/number&gt;
+ * 	&lt;number&gt;</xt>2<xt>&lt;/number&gt;
+ * 	&lt;number&gt;</xt>3<xt>&lt;/number&gt;
+ * &lt;/array&gt;</xt></td>
+ * 			<td class='code'>List&lt;Integer&gt;, <jk>int</jk>[], Float[], Set&lt;Person&gt;</td>
+ * 		</tr>
+ * 		<tr>
+ * 			<td>number</td>
+ * 			<td>Numbers</td>
+ * 			<td class='code'>123</td>
+ * 			<td class='code'><xt>&lt;number&gt;</xt>123<xt>&lt;/number&gt;</xt></td>
+ * 			<td class='code'>Integer, Long, Float, <jk>int</jk></td>
+ * 		</tr>
+ * 		<tr>
+ * 			<td>boolean</td>
+ * 			<td>Booleans</td>
+ * 			<td class='code'><jk>true</jk></td>
+ * 			<td class='code'><xt>&lt;boolean&gt;</xt>true<xt>&lt;/boolean&gt;</xt></td>
+ * 			<td class='code'>Boolean</td>
+ * 		</tr>
+ * 		<tr>
+ * 			<td>string</td>
+ * 			<td>CharSequences</td>
+ * 			<td class='code'><js>'foobar'</js></td>
+ * 			<td class='code'><xt>&lt;string&gt;</xt>foobar<xt>&lt;/string&gt;</xt></td>
+ * 			<td class='code'>String, StringBuilder</td>
+ * 		</tr>
+ * 	</table>
+ * <p>
+ * 	In addition, any class types with {@link PojoTransform PojoTransforms} associated with them on the registered
+ * 		{@link #getBeanContext() beanContext} can also be passed in.
+ * <p>
+ * 	For example, if the {@link CalendarTransform} transform is used to generalize {@code Calendar} objects to {@code String} objects.  When registered
+ * 	with this parser, you can construct {@code Calendar} objects from {@code Strings} using the following syntax...
+ * <p class='bcode'>
+ * 	Calendar c = parser.parse(<js>"'Sun Mar 03 04:05:06 EST 2001'"</js>, GregorianCalendar.<jk>class</jk>);
+ * <p>
+ * 	If <code>Object.<jk>class</jk></code> is specified as the target type, then the parser
+ * 	automatically determines the data types and generates the following object types...
+ * </p>
+ * <table class='styled'>
+ * 	<tr><th>JSON type</th><th>Class type</th></tr>
+ * 	<tr><td>object</td><td>{@link ObjectMap}</td></tr>
+ * 	<tr><td>array</td><td>{@link ObjectList}</td></tr>
+ * 	<tr><td>number</td><td>{@link Number} <br>(depending on length and format, could be {@link Integer}, {@link Double}, {@link Float}, etc...)</td></tr>
+ * 	<tr><td>boolean</td><td>{@link Boolean}</td></tr>
+ * 	<tr><td>string</td><td>{@link String}</td></tr>
+ * </table>
+ *
+ *
+ * <a id='SupportedTypes'></a><h6 class='topic'>Supported types</h6>
+ * <p>
+ * 	Several of the methods below take {@link Type} parameters to identify the type of
+ * 		object to create.  Any of the following types can be passed in to these methods...
+ * </p>
+ * <ul>
+ * 	<li>{@link ClassMeta}
+ * 	<li>{@link Class}
+ * 	<li>{@link ParameterizedType}
+ * 	<li>{@link GenericArrayType}
+ * </ul>
+ * <p>
+ * 	However, {@code ParameterizedTypes} and {@code GenericArrayTypes} should not contain
+ * 		{@link WildcardType WildcardTypes} or {@link TypeVariable TypeVariables}.
+ * <p>
+ * 	Passing in <jk>null</jk> or <code>Object.<jk>class</jk></code> typically signifies that it's up to the parser
+ * 	to determine what object type is being parsed parsed based on the rules above.
+
+ *
+ * @author James Bognar (james.bognar@salesforce.com)
+ */
+public abstract class Parser extends CoreApi {
+
+	/** General serializer properties currently set on this serializer. */
+	private final List<ParserListener> listeners = new LinkedList<ParserListener>();
+	private final String[] mediaTypes;
+	private final MediaRange[] mediaRanges;
+
+	// Hidden constructor to force subclass from InputStreamParser or ReaderParser.
+	Parser() {
+		Consumes c = ReflectionUtils.getAnnotation(Consumes.class, getClass());
+		if (c == null)
+			throw new RuntimeException(MessageFormat.format("Class ''{0}'' is missing the @Consumes annotation", getClass().getName()));
+		this.mediaTypes = c.value();
+		for (int i = 0; i < mediaTypes.length; i++) {
+			mediaTypes[i] = mediaTypes[i].toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH);
+		}
+
+		List<MediaRange> l = new LinkedList<MediaRange>();
+		for (int i = 0; i < mediaTypes.length; i++)
+			l.addAll(Arrays.asList(MediaRange.parse(mediaTypes[i])));
+		mediaRanges = l.toArray(new MediaRange[l.size()]);
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Abstract methods
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Workhorse method.  Subclasses are expected to implement this method.
+	 * @param session The runtime session object returned by {@link #createSession(Object, ObjectMap, Method, Object)}.
+	 * 	If <jk>null</jk>, one will be created using {@link #createSession(Object)}.
+	 * @param type The class type of the object to create.
+	 * 	If <jk>null</jk> or <code>Object.<jk>class</jk></code>, object type is based on what's being parsed.
+	 * 	For example, when parsing JSON text, it may return a <code>String</code>, <code>Number</code>, <code>ObjectMap</code>, etc...
+	 *
+	 * @param <T> The class type of the object to create.
+	 * @return The parsed object.
+	 * @throws Exception If thrown from underlying stream, or if the input contains a syntax error or is malformed.
+	 */
+	protected abstract <T> T doParse(ParserSession session, ClassMeta<T> type) throws Exception;
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns <jk>true</jk> if this parser subclasses from {@link ReaderParser}.
+	 *
+	 * @return <jk>true</jk> if this parser subclasses from {@link ReaderParser}.
+	 */
+	public abstract boolean isReaderParser();
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Other methods
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Parses the content of the reader and creates an object of the specified type.
+	 * @param session The runtime session returned by {@link #createSession(Object, ObjectMap, Method, Object)}.
+	 * @param type The class type of the object to create.
+	 * 	If <jk>null</jk> or <code>Object.<jk>class</jk></code>, object type is based on what's being parsed.
+	 * 	For example, when parsing JSON text, it may return a <code>String</code>, <code>Number</code>, <code>ObjectMap</code>, etc...
+	 *
+	 * @param <T> The class type of the object to create.
+	 * @return The parsed object.
+	 * @throws ParseException If the input contains a syntax error or is malformed, or is not valid for the specified type.
+	 */
+	public final <T> T parse(ParserSession session, ClassMeta<T> type) throws ParseException {
+		try {
+			return doParse(session, type);
+		} catch (ParseException e) {
+			throw e;
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new ParseException(session, e);
+		} finally {
+			session.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Parses the content of the reader and creates an object of the specified type.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Equivalent to calling <code>parser.parse(in, type, <jk>null</jk>);</code>
+	 *
+	 * @param input The input.
+	 * 	<br>Character-based parsers can handle the following input class types:
+	 * 	<ul>
+	 * 		<li><jk>null</jk>
+	 * 		<li>{@link Reader}
+	 * 		<li>{@link CharSequence}
+	 * 		<li>{@link InputStream} containing UTF-8 encoded text.
+	 * 		<li>{@link File} containing system encoded text.
+	 * 	</ul>
+	 * 	<br>Stream-based parsers can handle the following input class types:
+	 * 	<ul>
+	 * 		<li><jk>null</jk>
+	 * 		<li>{@link InputStream}
+	 * 		<li><code><jk>byte</jk>[]</code>
+	 * 		<li>{@link File}
+	 * 	</ul>
+	 * @param type The class type of the object to create.
+	 * 	If <jk>null</jk> or <code>Object.<jk>class</jk></code>, object type is based on what's being parsed.
+	 * 	For example, when parsing JSON text, it may return a <code>String</code>, <code>Number</code>, <code>ObjectMap</code>, etc...
+	 * @param <T> The class type of the object to create.
+	 * @return The parsed object.
+	 * @throws ParseException If the input contains a syntax error or is malformed, or is not valid for the specified type.
+	 */
+	public final <T> T parse(Object input, ClassMeta<T> type) throws ParseException {
+		ParserSession session = createSession(input);
+		return parse(session, type);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Parses input into the specified object type.
+	 *
+	 * <dl>
+	 * 	<dt>Example:</dt>
+	 * 	<dd>
+	 * 		<p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	ReaderParser p = JsonParser.<jsf>DEFAULT</jsf>;
+	 * 	MyBean b = p.parse(json, MyBean.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p>
+	 * 		This method equivalent to the following code:
+	 * 		<p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	ReaderParser p = JsonParser.<jsf>DEFAULT</jsf>;
+	 * 	ClassMeta&lt;MyBean&gt; cm = p.getBeanContext().getClassMeta(MyBean.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 * 	MyBean b = p.parse(json, cm, <jk>null</jk>);
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 	</dd>
+	 * </dl>
+	 *
+	 * @param <T> The class type of the object to create.
+	 * @param input The input.  See {@link #parse(Object, ClassMeta)} for supported input types.
+	 * @param type The class type of the object to create.
+	 * @return The parsed object.
+	 * @throws ParseException If the input contains a syntax error or is malformed, or is not valid for the specified type.
+	 */
+	public final <T> T parse(Object input, Class<T> type) throws ParseException {
+		ClassMeta<T> cm = getBeanContext().getClassMeta(type);
+		return parse(input, cm);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Parses input into a map with specified key and value types.
+	 *
+	 * <dl>
+	 * 	<dt>Example:</dt>
+	 * 	<dd>
+	 * 		<p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	ReaderParser p = JsonParser.<jsf>DEFAULT</jsf>;
+	 * 	Map&lt;String,MyBean&gt; m = p.parseMap(json, LinkedHashMap.<jk>class</jk>, String.<jk>class</jk>, MyBean.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p>
+	 * 			A simpler approach is often to just extend the map class you want and just use the normal {@link #parse(Object, Class)} method:
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	<jk>public static class</jk> MyMap <jk>extends</jk> LinkedHashMap&lt;String,MyBean&gt; {}
+	 *
+	 * 	ReaderParser p = JsonParser.<jsf>DEFAULT</jsf>;
+	 * 	Map&lt;String,MyBean&gt; m = p.parse(json, MyMap.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p>
+	 * 			This method equivalent to the following code:
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	ReaderParser p = JsonParser.<jsf>DEFAULT</jsf>;
+	 * 	ClassMeta&lt;Map&lt;String,MyBean&gt;&gt; cm = p.getBeanContext().getMapClassMeta(LinkedList.<jk>class</jk>, String.<jk>class</jk>, MyBean.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 * 	Map&ltString,MyBean&gt; m = p.parse(json, cm, <jk>null</jk>);
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 	</dd>
+	 * </dl>
+	 *
+	 * @param <T> The class type of the object to create.
+	 * @param input The input.  See {@link #parse(Object, ClassMeta)} for supported input types.
+	 * @param mapClass The map class type.
+	 * @param keyClass The key class type.
+	 * @param valueClass The value class type.
+	 * @return The parsed object.
+	 * @throws ParseException If the input contains a syntax error or is malformed, or is not valid for the specified type.
+	 */
+	public final <K,V,T extends Map<K,V>> T parseMap(Object input, Class<T> mapClass, Class<K> keyClass, Class<V> valueClass) throws ParseException {
+		ClassMeta<T> cm = getBeanContext().getMapClassMeta(mapClass, keyClass, valueClass);
+		return parse(input, cm);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Parses input into a collection with a specified element type.
+	 *
+	 * <dl>
+	 * 	<dt>Example:</dt>
+	 * 	<dd>
+	 * 		<p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	ReaderParser p = JsonParser.<jsf>DEFAULT</jsf>;
+	 * 	List&lt;MyBean&gt; l = p.parseCollection(json, LinkedList.<jk>class</jk>, MyBean.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p>
+	 * 			A simpler approach is often to just extend the collection class you want and just use the normal {@link #parse(Object, Class)} method:
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	<jk>public static class</jk> MyBeanCollection <jk>extends</jk> LinkedList&lt;MyBean&gt; {}
+	 *
+	 * 	ReaderParser p = JsonParser.<jsf>DEFAULT</jsf>;
+	 * 	List&lt;MyBean&gt; l = p.parse(json, MyBeanCollection.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p>
+	 * 			This method equivalent to the following code:
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 		<p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	ReaderParser p = JsonParser.<jsf>DEFAULT</jsf>;
+	 * 	ClassMeta&lt;List&lt;MyBean&gt;&gt; cm = p.getBeanContext().getCollectionClassMeta(LinkedList.<jk>class</jk>, MyBean.<jk>class</jk>);
+	 * 	List&lt;MyBean&gt; l = p.parse(json, cm, <jk>null</jk>);
+	 * 		</p>
+	 * 	</dd>
+	 * </dl>
+	 *
+	 * @param <T> The class type of the object to create.
+	 * @param input The input.  See {@link #parse(Object, ClassMeta)} for supported input types.
+	 * @param collectionClass The collection class type.
+	 * @param entryClass The class type of entries in the collection.
+	 * @return The parsed object.
+	 * @throws ParseException If the input contains a syntax error or is malformed, or is not valid for the specified type.
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred trying to read from the reader.
+	 */
+	public final <E,T extends Collection<E>> T parseCollection(Object input, Class<T> collectionClass, Class<E> entryClass) throws ParseException, IOException {
+		ClassMeta<T> cm = getBeanContext().getCollectionClassMeta(collectionClass, entryClass);
+		return parse(input, cm);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create the session object that will be passed in to the parse method.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	It's up to implementers to decide what the session object looks like, although typically
+	 * 	it's going to be a subclass of {@link ParserSession}.
+	 *
+	 * @param input The input.  See {@link #parse(Object, ClassMeta)} for supported input types.
+	 * @param properties Optional additional properties.
+	 * @param javaMethod Java method that invoked this serializer.
+	 * 	When using the REST API, this is the Java method invoked by the REST call.
+	 * 	Can be used to access annotations defined on the method or class.
+	 * @param outer The outer object for instantiating top-level non-static inner classes.
+	 * @return The new context.
+	 */
+	public ParserSession createSession(Object input, ObjectMap properties, Method javaMethod, Object outer) {
+		return new ParserSession(getContext(ParserContext.class), getBeanContext(), input, properties, javaMethod, outer);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a basic session object without overriding properties or specifying <code>javaMethod</code>.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Equivalent to calling <code>createSession(<jk>null</jk>, <jk>null</jk>)</code>.
+	 *
+	 * @param input The input.  See {@link #parse(Object, ClassMeta)} for supported input types.
+	 * @return The new context.
+	 */
+	protected final ParserSession createSession(Object input) {
+		return createSession(input, null, null, null);
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Optional methods
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Parses the contents of the specified reader and loads the results into the specified map.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Reader must contain something that serializes to a map (such as text containing a JSON object).
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Used in the following locations:
+	 * <ul class='spaced-list'>
+	 * 	<li>The various character-based constructors in {@link ObjectMap} (e.g. {@link ObjectMap#ObjectMap(CharSequence,Parser)}).
+	 * </ul>
+	 *
+	 * @param <K> The key class type.
+	 * @param <V> The value class type.
+	 * @param input The input.  See {@link #parse(Object, ClassMeta)} for supported input types.
+	 * @param m The map being loaded.
+	 * @param keyType The class type of the keys, or <jk>null</jk> to default to <code>String.<jk>class</jk></code>.<br>
+	 * @param valueType The class type of the values, or <jk>null</jk> to default to whatever is being parsed.<br>
+	 * @return The same map that was passed in to allow this method to be chained.
+	 * @throws ParseException If the input contains a syntax error or is malformed, or is not valid for the specified type.
+	 * @throws UnsupportedOperationException If not implemented.
+	 */
+	public final <K,V> Map<K,V> parseIntoMap(Object input, Map<K,V> m, Type keyType, Type valueType) throws ParseException {
+		ParserSession session = createSession(input);
+		try {
+			return doParseIntoMap(session, m, keyType, valueType);
+		} catch (ParseException e) {
+			throw e;
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new ParseException(session, e);
+		} finally {
+			session.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Implementation method.
+	 * Default implementation throws an {@link UnsupportedOperationException}.
+	 * @param session The runtime session object returned by {@link #createSession(Object, ObjectMap, Method, Object)}.
+	 * 	If <jk>null</jk>, one will be created using {@link #createSession(Object)}.
+	 * @param m The map being loaded.
+	 * @param keyType The class type of the keys, or <jk>null</jk> to default to <code>String.<jk>class</jk></code>.<br>
+	 * @param valueType The class type of the values, or <jk>null</jk> to default to whatever is being parsed.<br>
+	 *
+	 * @return The same map that was passed in to allow this method to be chained.
+	 * @throws Exception If thrown from underlying stream, or if the input contains a syntax error or is malformed.
+	 */
+	protected <K,V> Map<K,V> doParseIntoMap(ParserSession session, Map<K,V> m, Type keyType, Type valueType) throws Exception {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Parser '"+getClass().getName()+"' does not support this method.");
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Parses the contents of the specified reader and loads the results into the specified collection.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Used in the following locations:
+	 * <ul class='spaced-list'>
+	 * 	<li>The various character-based constructors in {@link ObjectList} (e.g. {@link ObjectList#ObjectList(CharSequence,Parser)}.
+	 * </ul>
+	 *
+	 * @param <E> The element class type.
+	 * @param input The input.  See {@link #parse(Object, ClassMeta)} for supported input types.
+	 * @param c The collection being loaded.
+	 * @param elementType The class type of the elements, or <jk>null</jk> to default to whatever is being parsed.
+	 * @return The same collection that was passed in to allow this method to be chained.
+	 * @throws ParseException If the input contains a syntax error or is malformed, or is not valid for the specified type.
+	 * @throws UnsupportedOperationException If not implemented.
+	 */
+	public final <E> Collection<E> parseIntoCollection(Object input, Collection<E> c, Type elementType) throws ParseException {
+		ParserSession session = createSession(input);
+		try {
+			return doParseIntoCollection(session, c, elementType);
+		} catch (ParseException e) {
+			throw e;
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new ParseException(session, e);
+		} finally {
+			session.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Implementation method.
+	 * Default implementation throws an {@link UnsupportedOperationException}.
+	 * @param session The runtime session object returned by {@link #createSession(Object, ObjectMap, Method, Object)}.
+	 * 	If <jk>null</jk>, one will be created using {@link #createSession(Object)}.
+	 * @param c The collection being loaded.
+	 * @param elementType The class type of the elements, or <jk>null</jk> to default to whatever is being parsed.
+	 *
+	 * @return The same collection that was passed in to allow this method to be chained.
+	 * @throws Exception If thrown from underlying stream, or if the input contains a syntax error or is malformed.
+	 */
+	protected <E> Collection<E> doParseIntoCollection(ParserSession session, Collection<E> c, Type elementType) throws Exception {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Parser '"+getClass().getName()+"' does not support this method.");
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Parses the specified array input with each entry in the object defined by the {@code argTypes}
+	 * argument.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Used for converting arrays (e.g. <js>"[arg1,arg2,...]"</js>) into an {@code Object[]} that can be passed
+	 * 	to the {@code Method.invoke(target, args)} method.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	Used in the following locations:
+	 * <ul class='spaced-list'>
+	 * 	<li>Used to parse argument strings in the {@link PojoIntrospector#invokeMethod(Method, Reader)} method.
+	 * </ul>
+	 *
+	 * @param input The input.  Subclasses can support different input types.
+	 * @param argTypes Specifies the type of objects to create for each entry in the array.
+	 * @return An array of parsed objects.
+	 * @throws ParseException If the input contains a syntax error or is malformed, or is not valid for the specified type.
+	 * @throws UnsupportedOperationException If not implemented.
+	 */
+	public final Object[] parseArgs(Object input, ClassMeta<?>[] argTypes) throws ParseException {
+		if (argTypes == null || argTypes.length == 0)
+			return new Object[0];
+		ParserSession session = createSession(input);
+		try {
+			return doParseArgs(session, argTypes);
+		} catch (ParseException e) {
+			throw e;
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new ParseException(session, e);
+		} finally {
+			session.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Implementation method.
+	 * Default implementation throws an {@link UnsupportedOperationException}.
+	 * @param session The runtime session object returned by {@link #createSession(Object, ObjectMap, Method, Object)}.
+	 * 	If <jk>null</jk>, one will be created using {@link #createSession(Object)}.
+	 * @param argTypes Specifies the type of objects to create for each entry in the array.
+	 *
+	 * @return An array of parsed objects.
+	 * @throws Exception If thrown from underlying stream, or if the input contains a syntax error or is malformed.
+	 */
+	protected Object[] doParseArgs(ParserSession session, ClassMeta<?>[] argTypes) throws Exception {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Parser '"+getClass().getName()+"' does not support this method.");
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Other methods
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Adds a {@link ParserListener} to this parser to listen for parse events.
+	 *
+	 * @param listener The listener to associate with this parser.
+	 * @throws LockedException If {@link #lock()} was called on this object.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 */
+	public Parser addListener(ParserListener listener) throws LockedException {
+		checkLock();
+		this.listeners.add(listener);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the current parser listeners associated with this parser.
+	 *
+	 * @return The current list of parser listeners.
+	 */
+	public List<ParserListener> getListeners() {
+		return listeners;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts the specified string to the specified type.
+	 *
+	 * @param session The session object.
+	 * @param outer The outer object if we're converting to an inner object that needs to be created within the context of an outer object.
+	 * @param s The string to convert.
+	 * @param type The class type to convert the string to.
+	 * @return The string converted as an object of the specified type.
+	 * @throws Exception If the input contains a syntax error or is malformed, or is not valid for the specified type.
+	 * @param <T> The class type to convert the string to.
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
+	protected <T> T convertAttrToType(ParserSession session, Object outer, String s, ClassMeta<T> type) throws Exception {
+		if (s == null)
+			return null;
+
+		if (type == null)
+			type = (ClassMeta<T>)object();
+		PojoTransform transform = type.getPojoTransform();
+		ClassMeta<?> gType = type.getTransformedClassMeta();
+
+		Object o = s;
+		if (gType.isChar())
+			o = s.charAt(0);
+		else if (gType.isNumber())
+			if (type.canCreateNewInstanceFromNumber(outer))
+				o = type.newInstanceFromNumber(outer, parseNumber(s, type.getNewInstanceFromNumberClass()));
+			else
+				o = parseNumber(s, (Class<? extends Number>)gType.getInnerClass());
+		else if (gType.isBoolean())
+			o = Boolean.parseBoolean(s);
+		else if (! (gType.isCharSequence() || gType.isObject())) {
+			if (gType.canCreateNewInstanceFromString(outer))
+				o = gType.newInstanceFromString(outer, s);
+			else
+				throw new ParseException(session, "Invalid conversion from string to class ''{0}''", type);
+		}
+
+		if (transform != null)
+			o = transform.normalize(o, type);
+
+		return (T)o;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Convenience method for calling the {@link ParentProperty @ParentProperty} method on
+	 * the specified object if it exists.
+	 *
+	 * @param cm The class type of the object.
+	 * @param o The object.
+	 * @param parent The parent to set.
+	 * @throws Exception
+	 */
+	protected void setParent(ClassMeta<?> cm, Object o, Object parent) throws Exception {
+		Method m = cm.getParentProperty();
+		if (m != null)
+			m.invoke(o, parent);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Convenience method for calling the {@link NameProperty @NameProperty} method on
+	 * the specified object if it exists.
+	 *
+	 * @param cm The class type of the object.
+	 * @param o The object.
+	 * @param name The name to set.
+	 * @throws Exception
+	 */
+	protected void setName(ClassMeta<?> cm, Object o, Object name) throws Exception {
+		if (cm != null) {
+			Method m = cm.getNameProperty();
+			if (m != null)
+				m.invoke(o, name);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Method that gets called when an unknown bean property name is encountered.
+	 *
+	 * @param session The parser session.
+	 * @param propertyName The unknown bean property name.
+	 * @param beanMap The bean that doesn't have the expected property.
+	 * @param line The line number where the property was found.  <code>-1</code> if line numbers are not available.
+	 * @param col The column number where the property was found.  <code>-1</code> if column numbers are not available.
+	 * @throws ParseException Automatically thrown if {@link BeanContext#BEAN_ignoreUnknownBeanProperties} setting
+	 * 	on this parser is <jk>false</jk>
+	 * @param <T> The class type of the bean map that doesn't have the expected property.
+	 */
+	protected <T> void onUnknownProperty(ParserSession session, String propertyName, BeanMap<T> beanMap, int line, int col) throws ParseException {
+		if (propertyName.equals("uri") || propertyName.equals("type") || propertyName.equals("_class"))
+			return;
+		if (! session.getBeanContext().isIgnoreUnknownBeanProperties())
+			throw new ParseException(session, "Unknown property ''{0}'' encountered while trying to parse into class ''{1}''", propertyName, beanMap.getClassMeta());
+		if (listeners.size() > 0)
+			for (ParserListener listener : listeners)
+				listener.onUnknownProperty(propertyName, beanMap.getClassMeta().getInnerClass(), beanMap.getBean(), line, col);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the media types handled based on the value of the {@link Consumes} annotation on the parser class.
+	 * <p>
+	 * This method can be overridden by subclasses to determine the media types programatically.
+	 *
+	 * @return The list of media types.  Never <jk>null</jk>.
+	 */
+	public String[] getMediaTypes() {
+		return mediaTypes;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the results from {@link #getMediaTypes()} parsed as {@link MediaRange MediaRanges}.
+	 *
+	 * @return The list of media types parsed as ranges.  Never <jk>null</jk>.
+	 */
+	public MediaRange[] getMediaRanges() {
+		return mediaRanges;
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Overridden methods
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	@Override /* CoreApi */
+	public Parser setProperty(String property, Object value) throws LockedException {
+		super.setProperty(property, value);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* CoreApi */
+	public Parser addNotBeanClasses(Class<?>...classes) throws LockedException {
+		super.addNotBeanClasses(classes);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* CoreApi */
+	public Parser addTransforms(Class<?>...classes) throws LockedException {
+		super.addTransforms(classes);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* CoreApi */
+	public <T> Parser addImplClass(Class<T> interfaceClass, Class<? extends T> implClass) throws LockedException {
+		super.addImplClass(interfaceClass, implClass);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* CoreApi */
+	public Parser setClassLoader(ClassLoader classLoader) throws LockedException {
+		super.setClassLoader(classLoader);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* Lockable */
+	public Parser lock() {
+		super.lock();
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* Lockable */
+	public Parser clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
+		Parser c = (Parser)super.clone();
+		return c;
+	}
+}

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+/***************************************************************************************************************************
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ ***************************************************************************************************************************/
+package org.apache.juneau.parser;
+
+import org.apache.juneau.*;
+
+/**
+ * Parent class for all parser contexts.
+ *
+ * @author James Bognar (james.bognar@salesforce.com)
+ */
+public class ParserContext extends Context {
+
+	/**
+	 * Debug mode ({@link Boolean}, default=<jk>false</jk>).
+	 * <p>
+	 * Enables the following additional information during parsing:
+	 * <ul class='spaced-list'>
+	 * 	<li>When bean setters throws exceptions, the exception includes the object stack information
+	 * 		in order to determine how that method was invoked.
+	 * </ul>
+	 */
+	public static final String PARSER_debug = "Parser.debug";
+
+	/**
+	 * Trim parsed strings ({@link Boolean}, default=<jk>false</jk>).
+	 * <p>
+	 * If <jk>true</jk>, string values will be trimmed of whitespace using {@link String#trim()} before being added to the POJO.
+	 */
+	public static final String PARSER_trimStrings = "Parser.trimStrings";
+
+
+	final boolean debug, trimStrings;
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Typically only called from {@link ContextFactory#getContext(Class)}.
+	 *
+	 * @param cf The factory that created this context.
+	 */
+	public ParserContext(ContextFactory cf) {
+		super(cf);
+		this.debug = cf.getProperty(PARSER_debug, boolean.class, false);
+		this.trimStrings = cf.getProperty(PARSER_trimStrings, boolean.class, false);
+	}
+}

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+/***************************************************************************************************************************
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ ***************************************************************************************************************************/
+package org.apache.juneau.parser;
+
+import static org.apache.juneau.internal.ArrayUtils.*;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.*;
+
+import org.apache.juneau.*;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a group of {@link Parser Parsers} that can be looked up by media type.
+ *
+ *
+ * <h6 class='topic'>Description</h6>
+ * <p>
+ * 	Provides the following features:
+ * <ul class='spaced-list'>
+ * 	<li>Finds parsers based on HTTP <code>Content-Type</code> header values.
+ * 	<li>Sets common properties on all parsers in a single method call.
+ * 	<li>Locks all parsers in a single method call.
+ * 	<li>Clones existing groups and all parsers within the group in a single method call.
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ *
+ * <h6 class='topic'>Match ordering</h6>
+ * <p>
+ * 	Parsers are matched against <code>Content-Type</code> strings in the order they exist in this group.
+ * <p>
+ * 	Adding new entries will cause the entries to be prepended to the group.
+ *  	This allows for previous parsers to be overridden through subsequent calls.
+ * <p>
+ * 	For example, calling <code>g.append(P1.<jk>class</jk>,P2.<jk>class</jk>).append(P3.<jk>class</jk>,P4.<jk>class</jk>)</code>
+ * 	will result in the order <code>P3, P4, P1, P2</code>.
+ *
+ *
+ * <h6 class='topic'>Examples</h6>
+ * <p class='bcode'>
+ * 	<jc>// Construct a new parser group</jc>
+ * 	ParserGroup g = <jk>new</jk> ParserGroup();
+ *
+ * 	<jc>// Add some parsers to it</jc>
+ * 	g.append(JsonParser.<jk>class</jk>, XmlParser.<jk>class</jk>);
+ *
+ * 	<jc>// Change settings on parsers simultaneously</jc>
+ * 	g.setProperty(BeanContext.<jsf>BEAN_beansRequireSerializable</jsf>, <jk>true</jk>)
+ * 		.addTransforms(CalendarTransform.ISO8601DT.<jk>class</jk>)
+ * 		.lock();
+ *
+ * 	<jc>// Find the appropriate parser by Content-Type</jc>
+ * 	ReaderParser p = (ReaderParser)g.getParser(<js>"text/json"</js>);
+ *
+ * 	<jc>// Parse a bean from JSON</jc>
+ * 	String json = <js>"{...}"</js>;
+ * 	AddressBook addressBook = p.parse(json, AddressBook.<jk>class</jk>);
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @author James Bognar (james.bognar@salesforce.com)
+ */
+public final class ParserGroup extends Lockable {
+
+	// Maps media-types to parsers.
+	private final Map<String,Parser> parserMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<String,Parser>();
+
+	// Maps Content-Type headers to matching media types.
+	private final Map<String,String> mediaTypeMappings = new ConcurrentHashMap<String,String>();
+
+	private final CopyOnWriteArrayList<Parser> parsers = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<Parser>();
+
+	private final ReadWriteLock lock = new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
+	private final Lock rl = lock.readLock(), wl = lock.writeLock();
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Registers the specified parsers with this group.
+	 *
+	 * @param p The parsers to append to this group.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws Exception Thrown if {@link Parser} could not be constructed.
+	 */
+	public ParserGroup append(Class<? extends Parser>...p) throws Exception {
+		checkLock();
+		wl.lock();
+		try {
+			for (Class<? extends Parser> c : reverse(p)) {
+				parserMap.clear();
+				mediaTypeMappings.clear();
+				try {
+					append(c);
+				} catch (NoClassDefFoundError e) {
+					// Ignore if dependent library not found (e.g. Jena).
+					System.err.println(e);
+				}
+			}
+		} finally {
+			wl.unlock();
+		}
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Same as {@link #append(Class[])}, except specify a single class to avoid unchecked compile warnings.
+	 *
+	 * @param p The parser to append to this group.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws Exception Thrown if {@link Parser} could not be constructed.
+	 */
+	public ParserGroup append(Class<? extends Parser> p) throws Exception {
+		checkLock();
+		wl.lock();
+		try {
+			parserMap.clear();
+			mediaTypeMappings.clear();
+			parsers.add(0, p.newInstance());
+		} catch (NoClassDefFoundError e) {
+			// Ignore if dependent library not found (e.g. Jena).
+			System.err.println(e);
+		} finally {
+			wl.unlock();
+		}
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the parser registered to handle the specified media type.
+	 * <p>
+	 * The media-type string must not contain any parameters such as <js>";charset=X"</js>.
+	 *
+	 * @param mediaType The media-type string (e.g. <js>"text/json"</js>).
+	 * @return The REST parser that handles the specified request content type, or <jk>null</jk> if
+	 * 		no parser is registered to handle it.
+	 */
+	public Parser getParser(String mediaType) {
+		Parser p = parserMap.get(mediaType);
+		if (p == null) {
+			String mt = findMatch(mediaType);
+			if (mt != null)
+				p = parserMap.get(mt);
+		}
+		return p;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Searches the group for a parser that can handle the specified <l>Content-Type</l> header value.
+	 *
+	 * @param contentTypeHeader The HTTP <l>Content-Type</l> header value.
+	 * @return The media type registered by one of the parsers that matches the <code>mediaType</code> string,
+	 * 	or <jk>null</jk> if no media types matched.
+	 */
+	public String findMatch(String contentTypeHeader) {
+		rl.lock();
+		try {
+			String mt = mediaTypeMappings.get(contentTypeHeader);
+			if (mt != null)
+				return mt;
+
+			MediaRange[] mr = MediaRange.parse(contentTypeHeader);
+			if (mr.length == 0)
+				mr = MediaRange.parse("*/*");
+
+			for (MediaRange a : mr) {
+				for (Parser p : parsers) {
+					for (MediaRange a2 : p.getMediaRanges()) {
+						if (a.matches(a2)) {
+							mt = a2.getMediaType();
+							mediaTypeMappings.put(contentTypeHeader, mt);
+							parserMap.put(mt, p);
+							return mt;
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			return null;
+		} finally {
+			rl.unlock();
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the media types that all parsers in this group can handle
+	 * <p>
+	 * Entries are ordered in the same order as the parsers in the group.
+	 *
+	 * @return The list of media types.
+	 */
+	public List<String> getSupportedMediaTypes() {
+		List<String> l = new ArrayList<String>();
+		for (Parser p : parsers)
+			for (String mt : p.getMediaTypes())
+				if (! l.contains(mt))
+					l.add(mt);
+		return l;
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Convenience methods for setting properties on all parsers.
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for calling {@link Parser#setProperty(String, Object)} on all parsers in this group.
+	 *
+	 * @param property The property name.
+	 * @param value The property value.
+	 * @throws LockedException If {@link #lock()} was called on this object.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 */
+	public ParserGroup setProperty(String property, Object value) throws LockedException {
+		checkLock();
+		for (Parser p : parsers)
+			p.setProperty(property, value);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for calling {@link Parser#setProperties(ObjectMap)} on all parsers in this group.
+	 *
+	 * @param properties The properties to set.  Ignored if <jk>null</jk>.
+	 * @throws LockedException If {@link #lock()} was called on this object.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 */
+	public ParserGroup setProperties(ObjectMap properties) {
+		checkLock();
+		for (Parser p : parsers)
+			p.setProperties(properties);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for calling {@link Parser#addNotBeanClasses(Class[])} on all parsers in this group.
+	 *
+	 * @param classes The classes to specify as not-beans to the underlying bean context of all parsers in this group.
+	 * @throws LockedException If {@link #lock()} was called on this object.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 */
+	public ParserGroup addNotBeanClasses(Class<?>...classes) throws LockedException {
+		checkLock();
+		for (Parser p : parsers)
+			p.addNotBeanClasses(classes);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for calling {@link Parser#addTransforms(Class[])} on all parsers in this group.
+	 *
+	 * @param classes The classes to add bean transforms for to the underlying bean context of all parsers in this group.
+	 * @throws LockedException If {@link #lock()} was called on this object.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 */
+	public ParserGroup addTransforms(Class<?>...classes) throws LockedException {
+		checkLock();
+		for (Parser p : parsers)
+			p.addTransforms(classes);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Shortcut for calling {@link Parser#addImplClass(Class, Class)} on all parsers in this group.
+	 *
+	 * @param <T> The interface or abstract class type.
+	 * @param interfaceClass The interface or abstract class.
+	 * @param implClass The implementation class.
+	 * @throws LockedException If {@link #lock()} was called on this object.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 */
+	public <T> ParserGroup addImplClass(Class<T> interfaceClass, Class<? extends T> implClass) throws LockedException {
+		checkLock();
+		for (Parser p : parsers)
+			p.addImplClass(interfaceClass, implClass);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Overridden methods
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Locks this group and all parsers in this group.
+	 */
+	@Override /* Lockable */
+	public ParserGroup lock() {
+		super.lock();
+		for (Parser p : parsers)
+			p.lock();
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Clones this group and all parsers in this group.
+	 */
+	@Override /* Lockable */
+	public ParserGroup clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
+		ParserGroup g = new ParserGroup();
+
+		List<Parser> l = new ArrayList<Parser>(parsers.size());
+		for (Parser p : parsers)
+			l.add(p.clone());
+
+		g.parsers.addAll(l);
+
+		return g;
+	}
+}

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+/***************************************************************************************************************************
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ ***************************************************************************************************************************/
+package org.apache.juneau.parser;
+
+import org.apache.juneau.*;
+
+/**
+ * Class for listening for certain parse events during a document parse.
+ * <p>
+ * 	Listeners can be registered with parsers through the {@link Parser#addListener(ParserListener)} method.
+ * </p>
+ * 	It should be noted that listeners are not automatically copied over to new parsers when a parser is cloned.
+ *
+ * @author James Bognar (james.bognar@salesforce.com)
+ */
+public class ParserListener {
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets called when an unknown bean property is detected in a document.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	This method only gets called if {@link BeanContext#BEAN_ignoreUnknownBeanProperties} setting is <jk>true</jk>.
+	 * 	Otherwise, the parser will throw a {@link ParseException}.
+	 *
+	 * @param <T> The class type of the bean.
+	 * @param propertyName The property name encountered in the document.
+	 * @param beanClass The bean class.
+	 * @param bean The bean.
+	 * @param line The line number where the unknown property was found (-1 if parser doesn't support line/column indicators).
+	 * @param col The column number where the unknown property was found (-1 if parser doesn't support line/column indicators).
+	 */
+	public <T> void onUnknownProperty(String propertyName, Class<T> beanClass, T bean, int line, int col) {
+		// Do something with information
+	}
+}

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+/***************************************************************************************************************************
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ ***************************************************************************************************************************/
+package org.apache.juneau.parser;
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+import org.apache.juneau.internal.*;
+
+/**
+ * Similar to a {@link java.io.PushbackReader} with a pushback buffer of 1 character.
+ * <p>
+ * 	Code is optimized to work with a 1 character buffer.
+ * <p>
+ * 	Additionally keeps track of current line and column number, and provides the ability to set
+ * 	mark points and capture characters from the previous mark point.
+ * <p>
+ * 	<b>Warning:</b>  Not thread safe.
+ *
+ * @author James Bognar (james.bognar@salesforce.com)
+ */
+public class ParserReader extends Reader {
+
+	/** Wrapped reader */
+	protected Reader r;
+
+	private char[] buff;       // Internal character buffer
+	private int line = 1;      // Current line number
+	private int column;        // Current column number
+	private int iCurrent = 0;  // Current pointer into character buffer
+	private int iMark = -1;    // Mark position in buffer
+	private int iEnd = 0;      // The last good character position in the buffer
+	private boolean endReached, holesExist;
+
+	ParserReader() {}
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor for input from a {@link CharSequence}.
+	 *
+	 * @param in The character sequence being read from.
+	 */
+	public ParserReader(CharSequence in) {
+		this.r = new CharSequenceReader(in);
+		if (in == null)
+			this.buff = new char[0];
+		else
+			this.buff = new char[in.length() < 1024 ? in.length() : 1024];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor for input from a {@link Reader}).
+	 *
+	 * @param r The Reader being wrapped.
+	 */
+	public ParserReader(Reader r) {
+		if (r instanceof ParserReader)
+			this.r = ((ParserReader)r).r;
+		else
+			this.r = r;
+		this.buff = new char[1024];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the current line number position in this reader.
+	 *
+	 * @return The current line number.
+	 */
+	public final int getLine() {
+		return line;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the current column number position in this reader.
+	 *
+	 * @return The current column number.
+	 */
+	public final int getColumn() {
+		return column;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Reads a single character.
+	 * Note that this method does NOT process extended unicode characters (i.e. characters
+	 * 	above 0x10000), but rather returns them as two <jk>char</jk>s.
+	 * Use {@link #readCodePoint()} to ensure proper handling of extended unicode.
+	 *
+	 * @return The character read, or -1 if the end of the stream has been reached.
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred trying to read from the reader.
+	 */
+	@Override /* Reader */
+	public final int read() throws IOException {
+		int c = readFromBuff();
+		if (c == -1)
+			return -1;
+		if (c == '\n') {
+			line++;
+			column = 0;
+		} else {
+			column++;
+		}
+		return c;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Same as {@link #read()} but detects and combines extended unicode characters (i.e. characters
+	 * 	above 0x10000).
+	 *
+	 * @return The character read, or -1 if the end of the stream has been reached.
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred trying to read from the reader.
+	 */
+	public final int readCodePoint() throws IOException {
+		int c = read();
+
+		// Characters that take up 2 chars.
+		if (c >= 0xd800 && c <= 0xdbff) {
+			int low = read();
+			if (low >= 0xdc00 && low <= 0xdfff)
+				c = 0x10000 + ((c - 0xd800) << 10) + (low - 0xdc00);
+		}
+
+		return c;
+	}
+
+	private final int readFromBuff() throws IOException {
+		while (iCurrent >= iEnd) {
+			if (endReached)
+				return -1;
+
+			// If there's still space at the end of this buffer, fill it.
+			// Make sure there's at least 2 character spaces free for extended unicode characters.
+			//if (false) {
+			if (iEnd+1 < buff.length) {
+				int x = read(buff, iCurrent, buff.length-iEnd);
+				if (x == -1) {
+					endReached = true;
+					return -1;
+				}
+				iEnd += x;
+
+			} else {
+				// If we're currently marking, then we want to copy from the current mark point
+				// to the beginning of the buffer and then fill in the remainder of buffer.
+				if (iMark >= 0) {
+
+					// If we're marking from the beginning of the array, we double the size of the
+					// buffer.  This isn't likely to occur often.
+					if (iMark == 0) {
+						char[] buff2 = new char[buff.length<<1];
+						System.arraycopy(buff, 0, buff2, 0, buff.length);
+						buff = buff2;
+
+					// Otherwise, we copy what's currently marked to the beginning of the buffer.
+					} else {
+						int copyBuff = iMark;
+						System.arraycopy(buff, copyBuff, buff, 0, buff.length - copyBuff);
+						iCurrent -= copyBuff;
+						iMark -= copyBuff;
+					}
+					int expected = buff.length - iCurrent;
+
+					int x = read(buff, iCurrent, expected);
+					if (x == -1) {
+						endReached = true;
+						iEnd = iCurrent;
+						return -1;
+					}
+					iEnd = iCurrent + x;
+				} else {
+					// Copy the last 10 chars in the buffer to the beginning of the buffer.
+					int copyBuff = Math.min(iCurrent, 10);
+					System.arraycopy(buff, iCurrent-copyBuff, buff, 0, copyBuff);
+
+					// Number of characters we expect to copy on the next read.
+					int expected = buff.length - copyBuff;
+					int x = read(buff, copyBuff, expected);
+					iCurrent = copyBuff;
+					if (x == -1) {
+						endReached = true;
+						iEnd = iCurrent;
+						return -1;
+					}
+					iEnd = iCurrent + x;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return buff[iCurrent++];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Start buffering the calls to read() so that the text can be gathered from the mark
+	 * point on calling {@code getFromMarked()}.
+	 */
+	public final void mark() {
+		iMark = iCurrent;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Peeks the next character in the stream.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 	This is equivalent to doing a {@code read()} followed by an {@code unread()}.
+	 *
+	 * @return The peeked character, or (char)-1 if the end of the stream has been reached.
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred trying to read from the reader.
+	 */
+	public final int peek() throws IOException {
+		int c = read();
+		if (c != -1)
+			unread();
+		return c;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Read the specified number of characters off the stream.
+	 *
+	 * @param num The number of characters to read.
+	 * @return The characters packaged as a String.
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred trying to read from the reader.
+	 */
+	public final String read(int num) throws IOException {
+		char[] c = new char[num];
+		for (int i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+			int c2 = read();
+			if (c2 == -1)
+				return new String(c, 0, i);
+			c[i] = (char)c2;
+		}
+		return new String(c);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Pushes the last read character back into the stream.
+	 *
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred trying to read from the reader.
+	 */
+	public final ParserReader unread() throws IOException {
+		if (iCurrent <= 0)
+			throw new IOException("Buffer underflow.");
+		iCurrent--;
+		column--;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Close this reader and the underlying reader.
+	 *
+	 * @throws IOException If a problem occurred trying to read from the reader.
+	 */
+	@Override /* Reader */
+	public void close() throws IOException {
+		r.close();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the contents of the reusable character buffer as a string, and
+	 * resets the buffer for next usage.
+	 *
+	 * @return The contents of the reusable character buffer as a string.
+	 */
+	public final String getMarked() {
+		return getMarked(0, 0);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Same as {@link #getMarked()} except allows you to specify offsets
+	 * 	into the buffer.
+	 * <p>
+	 * For example, to return the marked string, but trim the first and last characters,
+	 * 	call the following:
+	 * <p class='bcode'>
+	 * 	getFromMarked(1, -1);
+	 * </p>
+	 *
+	 * @param offsetStart The offset of the start position.
+	 * @param offsetEnd The offset of the end position.
+	 * @return The contents of the reusable character buffer as a string.
+	 */
+	public final String getMarked(int offsetStart, int offsetEnd) {
+		int offset = 0;
+
+		// Holes are \u00FF 'delete' characters that we need to get rid of now.
+		if (holesExist) {
+			for (int i = iMark; i < iCurrent; i++) {
+				char c = buff[i];
+				if (c == 127)
+					offset++;
+				else
+					buff[i-offset] = c;
+			}
+			holesExist = false;
+		}
+		int start = iMark + offsetStart, len = iCurrent - iMark + offsetEnd - offsetStart - offset;
+		String s = new String(buff, start, len);
+		iMark = -1;
+		return s;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Trims off the last character in the marking buffer.
+	 * Useful for removing escape characters from sequences.
+	 *
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 */
+	public final ParserReader delete() {
+		return delete(1);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Trims off the specified number of last characters in the marking buffer.
+	 * Useful for removing escape characters from sequences.
+	 *
+	 * @param count The number of characters to delete.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 */
+	public final ParserReader delete(int count) {
+		for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+			buff[iCurrent-i-1] = 127;
+		holesExist = true;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Replaces the last character in the marking buffer with the specified character.
+	 * <code>offset</code> must be at least <code>1</code> for normal characters, and
+	 * <code>2</code> for extended unicode characters in order for the replacement
+	 * to fit into the buffer.
+	 *
+	 * @param c The new character.
+	 * @param offset The offset.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	public final ParserReader replace(int c, int offset) throws IOException {
+		if (c < 0x10000) {
+			if (offset < 1)
+				throw new IOException("Buffer underflow.");
+			buff[iCurrent-offset] = (char)c;
+		} else {
+			if (offset < 2)
+				throw new IOException("Buffer underflow.");
+			c -= 0x10000;
+			buff[iCurrent-offset] = (char)(0xd800 + (c >> 10));
+			buff[iCurrent-offset+1] = (char)(0xdc00 + (c & 0x3ff));
+			offset--;
+		}
+		// Fill in the gap with DEL characters.
+		for (int i = 1; i < offset; i++)
+			buff[iCurrent-i] = 127;
+		holesExist |= (offset > 1);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Replace the last read character in the buffer with the specified character.
+	 *
+	 * @param c The new character.
+	 * @return This object (for method chaining).
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	public final ParserReader replace(char c) throws IOException {
+		return replace(c, 1);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Subclasses can override this method to provide additional filtering.
+	 * Default implementation simply calls the same method on the underlying reader.
+	 */
+	@Override /* Reader */
+	public int read(char[] cbuf, int off, int len) throws IOException {
+		return r.read(cbuf, off, len);
+	}
+}

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+/***************************************************************************************************************************
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ ***************************************************************************************************************************/
+package org.apache.juneau.parser;
+
+import static org.apache.juneau.parser.ParserContext.*;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.lang.reflect.*;
+import java.util.*;
+
+import org.apache.juneau.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.internal.*;
+
+/**
+ * Session object that lives for the duration of a single use of {@link Parser}.
+ * <p>
+ * This class is NOT thread safe.  It is meant to be discarded after one-time use.
+ *
+ * @author James Bognar (james.bognar@salesforce.com)
+ */
+public class ParserSession extends Session {
+
+	private static JuneauLogger logger = JuneauLogger.getLogger(ParserSession.class);
+
+	private final boolean debug, trimStrings;
+	private boolean closed;
+	private final BeanContext beanContext;
+	private final List<String> warnings = new LinkedList<String>();
+
+	private final ObjectMap properties;
+	private final Method javaMethod;
+	private final Object outer;
+	private final Object input;
+	private InputStream inputStream;
+	private Reader reader, noCloseReader;
+	private BeanPropertyMeta<?> currentProperty;
+	private ClassMeta<?> currentClass;
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new session using properties specified in the context.
+	 *
+	 * @param ctx The context creating this session object.
+	 * 	The context contains all the configuration settings for this object.
+	 * @param beanContext The bean context being used.
+	 * @param input The input.
+	 * 	<br>For character-based parsers, this can be any of the following types:
+	 * 	<ul>
+	 * 		<li><jk>null</jk>
+	 * 		<li>{@link Reader}
+	 * 		<li>{@link CharSequence}
+	 * 		<li>{@link InputStream} containing UTF-8 encoded text.
+	 * 		<li>{@link File} containing system encoded text.
+	 * 	</ul>
+	 * 	<br>For byte-based parsers, this can be any of the following types:
+	 * 	<ul>
+	 * 		<li><jk>null</jk>
+	 * 		<li>{@link InputStream}
+	 * 		<li><code><jk>byte</jk>[]</code>
+	 * 		<li>{@link File}
+	 * 	</ul>
+	 * @param op The override properties.
+	 * 	These override any context properties defined in the context.
+	 * @param javaMethod The java method that called this parser, usually the method in a REST servlet.
+	 * @param outer The outer object for instantiating top-level non-static inner classes.
+	 */
+	public ParserSession(ParserContext ctx, BeanContext beanContext, Object input, ObjectMap op, Method javaMethod, Object outer) {
+		super(ctx);
+		if (op == null || op.isEmpty()) {
+			debug = ctx.debug;
+			trimStrings = ctx.trimStrings;
+		} else {
+			debug = op.getBoolean(PARSER_debug, ctx.debug);
+			trimStrings = op.getBoolean(PARSER_trimStrings, ctx.trimStrings);
+		}
+		this.beanContext = beanContext;
+		this.input = input;
+		this.properties = op;
+		this.javaMethod = javaMethod;
+		this.outer = outer;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Wraps the specified input object inside an input stream.
+	 * Subclasses can override this method to implement their own input streams.
+	 *
+	 * @return The input object wrapped in an input stream, or <jk>null</jk> if the object is null.
+	 * @throws ParseException If object could not be converted to an input stream.
+	 */
+	public InputStream getInputStream() throws ParseException {
+		if (input == null)
+			return null;
+		if (input instanceof InputStream)
+			return (InputStream)input;
+		if (input instanceof byte[])
+			return new ByteArrayInputStream((byte[])input);
+		if (input instanceof File)
+			try {
+				inputStream = new FileInputStream((File)input);
+				return inputStream;
+			} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+				throw new ParseException(e);
+			}
+		throw new ParseException("Cannot convert object of type {0} to an InputStream.", input.getClass().getName());
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Wraps the specified input object inside a reader.
+	 * Subclasses can override this method to implement their own readers.
+	 *
+	 * @return The input object wrapped in a Reader, or <jk>null</jk> if the object is null.
+	 * @throws Exception If object could not be converted to a reader.
+	 */
+	public Reader getReader() throws Exception {
+		if (input == null)
+			return null;
+		if (input instanceof Reader)
+			return (Reader)input;
+		if (input instanceof CharSequence) {
+			if (reader == null)
+				reader = new ParserReader((CharSequence)input);
+			return reader;
+		}
+		if (input instanceof InputStream) {
+			if (noCloseReader == null)
+				noCloseReader = new InputStreamReader((InputStream)input, IOUtils.UTF8);
+			return noCloseReader;
+		}
+		if (input instanceof File) {
+			if (reader == null)
+				reader = new FileReader((File)input);
+			return reader;
+		}
+		throw new ParseException("Cannot convert object of type {0} to a Reader.", input.getClass().getName());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns information used to determine at what location in the parse a failure occurred.
+	 *
+	 * @return A map, typically containing something like <code>{line:123,column:456,currentProperty:"foobar"}</code>
+	 */
+	public Map<String,Object> getLastLocation() {
+		Map<String,Object> m = new LinkedHashMap<String,Object>();
+		if (currentClass != null)
+			m.put("currentClass", currentClass.toString(true));
+		if (currentProperty != null)
+			m.put("currentProperty", currentProperty);
+		return m;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the raw input object passed into this session.
+	 *
+	 * @return The raw input object passed into this session.
+	 */
+	protected Object getInput() {
+		return input;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the bean context in use for this session.
+	 *
+	 * @return The bean context in use for this session.
+	 */
+	public final BeanContext getBeanContext() {
+		return beanContext;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the Java method that invoked this parser.
+	 * <p>
+	 * When using the REST API, this is the Java method invoked by the REST call.
+	 * Can be used to access annotations defined on the method or class.
+	 *
+	 * @return The Java method that invoked this parser.
+	*/
+	public final Method getJavaMethod() {
+		return javaMethod;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the outer object used for instantiating top-level non-static member classes.
+	 * When using the REST API, this is the servlet object.
+	 *
+	 * @return The outer object.
+	*/
+	public final Object getOuter() {
+		return outer;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the current bean property being parsed for proper error messages.
+	 * @param currentProperty The current property being parsed.
+	 */
+	public void setCurrentProperty(BeanPropertyMeta<?> currentProperty) {
+		this.currentProperty = currentProperty;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the current class being parsed for proper error messages.
+	 * @param currentClass The current class being parsed.
+	 */
+	public void setCurrentClass(ClassMeta<?> currentClass) {
+		this.currentClass = currentClass;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the {@link ParserContext#PARSER_debug} setting value for this session.
+	 *
+	 * @return The {@link ParserContext#PARSER_debug} setting value for this session.
+	 */
+	public final boolean isDebug() {
+		return debug;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the {@link ParserContext#PARSER_trimStrings} setting value for this session.
+	 *
+	 * @return The {@link ParserContext#PARSER_trimStrings} setting value for this session.
+	 */
+	public final boolean isTrimStrings() {
+		return trimStrings;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the runtime properties associated with this context.
+	 *
+	 * @return The runtime properties associated with this context.
+	 */
+	public final ObjectMap getProperties() {
+		return properties;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Logs a warning message.
+	 *
+	 * @param msg The warning message.
+	 * @param args Optional printf arguments to replace in the error message.
+	 */
+	public void addWarning(String msg, Object... args) {
+		logger.warning(msg, args);
+		msg = args.length == 0 ? msg : String.format(msg, args);
+		warnings.add((warnings.size() + 1) + ": " + msg);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Trims the specified object if it's a <code>String</code> and {@link #isTrimStrings()} returns <jk>true</jk>.
+	 *
+	 * @param o The object to trim.
+	 * @return The trimmmed string if it's a string.
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public final <K> K trim(K o) {
+		if (trimStrings && o instanceof String)
+			return (K)o.toString().trim();
+		return o;
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Trims the specified string if {@link ParserSession#isTrimStrings()} returns <jk>true</jk>.
+	 *
+	 * @param s The input string to trim.
+	 * @return The trimmed string, or <jk>null</jk> if the input was <jk>null</jk>.
+	 */
+	public final String trim(String s) {
+		if (trimStrings && s != null)
+			return s.trim();
+		return s;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Perform cleanup on this context object if necessary.
+	 *
+	 * @throws ParseException If called more than once, or in debug mode and warnings occurred.
+	 */
+	public void close() throws ParseException {
+		if (closed)
+			throw new ParseException("Attempt to close ParserSession more than once.");
+
+		try {
+			if (inputStream != null)
+				inputStream.close();
+			if (reader != null)
+				reader.close();
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new ParseException(e);
+		}
+
+		if (debug && warnings.size() > 0)
+			throw new ParseException("Warnings occurred during parsing: \n" + StringUtils.join(warnings, "\n"));
+		closed = true;
+	}
+
+	@Override /* Object */
+	protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
+		if (! closed)
+			throw new RuntimeException("ParserSession was not closed.");
+	}
+}

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+/***************************************************************************************************************************
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ ***************************************************************************************************************************/
+package org.apache.juneau.parser;
+
+import org.apache.juneau.annotation.*;
+
+/**
+ * Subclass of {@link Parser} for characters-based parsers.
+ *
+ *
+ * <h6 class='topic'>Description</h6>
+ * <p>
+ * 	This class is typically the parent class of all character-based parsers.
+ * 	It has 1 abstract method to implement...
+ * <ul>
+ * 	<li><code>parse(ParserSession, ClassMeta)</code>
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ *
+ * <h6 class='topic'>@Consumes annotation</h6>
+ * <p>
+ * 	The media types that this parser can handle is specified through the {@link Consumes @Consumes} annotation.
+ * <p>
+ * 	However, the media types can also be specified programmatically by overriding the {@link #getMediaTypes()} method.
+ *
+ *
+ * @author James Bognar (james.bognar@salesforce.com)
+ */
+public abstract class ReaderParser extends Parser {
+
+	@Override /* Parser */
+	public boolean isReaderParser() {
+		return true;
+	}
+}

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+<!--
+/***************************************************************************************************************************
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************************************************************/
+ -->
+<html>
+<head>
+	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
+	<style type="text/css">
+		/* For viewing in Page Designer */
+		@IMPORT url("../../../../../../javadoc.css");
+
+		/* For viewing in REST interface */
+		@IMPORT url("../htdocs/javadoc.css");
+		body { 
+			margin: 20px; 
+		}	
+	</style>
+	<script>
+		/* Replace all @code and @link tags. */	
+		window.onload = function() {
+			document.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML.replace(/\{\@code ([^\}]+)\}/g, '<code>$1</code>');
+			document.body.innerHTML = document.body.innerHTML.replace(/\{\@link (([^\}]+)\.)?([^\.\}]+)\}/g, '<code>$3</code>');
+		}
+	</script>
+</head>
+<body>
+<p>Parser API</p>
+
+<script>
+	function toggle(x) {
+		var div = x.nextSibling;
+		while (div != null && div.nodeType != 1)
+			div = div.nextSibling;
+		if (div != null) {
+			var d = div.style.display;
+			if (d == 'block' || d == '') {
+				div.style.display = 'none';
+				x.className += " closed";
+			} else {
+				div.style.display = 'block';
+				x.className = x.className.replace(/(?:^|\s)closed(?!\S)/g , '' );
+			}
+		}
+	}
+</script>
+
+<a id='TOC'></a><h5 class='toc'>Table of Contents</h5>
+<ol class='toc'>
+	<li><p><a class='doclink' href='#Parser'>Parser API</a></p>
+	<ol>
+		<li><p><a class='doclink' href='#ParserGroup'>The ParserGroup class</a></p>
+	</ol>
+	<li><p><a class='doclink' href='#DefiningParser'>Defining a new Parser</a></p>
+</ol>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================================================== -->
+<a id="Parser"></a>
+<h2 class='topic' onclick='toggle(this)'>1 - Parser API</h2>
+<div class='topic'>
+	<p>
+		The parser API is designed to be easily extensible by developers. <br>
+		If you are writing your own parser, you will typically subclass directly from either {@link org.apache.juneau.parser.ReaderParser}
+			or {@link org.apache.juneau.parser.InputStreamParser}.<br>
+	</p>
+
+	<!-- ======================================================================================================== -->
+	<a id="ParserGroup"></a>
+	<h3 class='topic' onclick='toggle(this)'>1.1 - The ParserGroup class</h3>
+	<div class='topic'>
+		<p>
+			The {@link org.apache.juneau.parser.ParserGroup} class represents a group of parser registered with the media types they handle.
+		</p>
+		
+		<h6 class='topic'>Features</h6>		
+		<p>
+			The <code>ParserGroup</code> class provides the following features:
+		<ul class='spaced-list'>
+			<li>Finds parsers based on HTTP <code>Content-Type</code> header values.
+			<li>Sets common properties on all parsers in a single method call.
+			<li>Locks all parsers in a single method call.
+			<li>Clones existing groups and all parsers within the group in a single method call.
+		</ul>
+		
+		<p>
+			Refer to {@link org.apache.juneau.parser.ParserGroup} for additional information.
+		</p>
+	</div> 
+</div>
+
+
+<!-- ======================================================================================================== -->
+<a id="DefiningParser"></a>
+<h2 class='topic' onclick='toggle(this)'>2 - Defining a new Parser</h2>
+<div class='topic'>
+	<p>
+		Defining a new parser is quite simple if you subclass directly from {@link org.apache.juneau.parser.ReaderParser} 
+			or {@link org.apache.juneau.parser.InputStreamParser}.  In each case, you simply need to implement a single
+			method and specify a {@link org.apache.juneau.annotation.Consumes} annotation.
+	</p>
+	<p>
+		The following example shows a simple parser that converts input streams to images using standard JRE classes.
+	</p>
+	<p class='bcode'>
+	<ja>@Consumes</ja>({<js>"image/png"</js>,<js>"image/jpeg"</js>})
+	<jk>public static class</jk> ImageParser <jk>extends</jk> InputStreamParser {
+		<ja>@Override</ja>
+		<jk>public</jk> &lt;T&gt; T parse(InputStream in, ClassMeta&lt;T&gt; type, ParserSession session) <jk>throws</jk> ParseException, IOException {
+			BufferedImage image = ImageIO.<jsm>read</jsm>(in);
+			<jk>return</jk> (T)image;
+		}
+	}
+	</p>
+	<p>
+		Parsers that take advantage of the entire {@link org.apache.juneau.CoreApi} interface to be able to parse arbitrary beans and POJOs is
+			considerably more complex and outside the scope of this document.  
+		If developing such a parser, the best course of action would be to replicate what occurs in the {@link org.apache.juneau.json.JsonParser} class.
+	</p>
+</div>
+
+</body>
+</html>
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+/***************************************************************************************************************************
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ ***************************************************************************************************************************/
+package org.apache.juneau.plaintext;
+
+import org.apache.juneau.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.annotation.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.internal.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.parser.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.transform.*;
+
+/**
+ * Parsers HTTP plain text request bodies into <a href='../package-summary.html#PojoCategories'>Group 5</a> POJOs.
+ *
+ *
+ * <h6 class='topic'>Media types</h6>
+ * <p>
+ * 	Handles <code>Accept</code> types: <code>text/plain</code>
+ * <p>
+ * 	Produces <code>Content-Type</code> types: <code>text/plain</code>
+ *
+ *
+ * <h6 class='topic'>Description</h6>
+ * <p>
+ * 	Essentially just converts plain text to POJOs via static <code>fromString()</code> or <code>valueOf()</code>, or
+ * 	through constructors that take a single string argument.
+ * <p>
+ * 	Also parses objects using a transform if the object class has an {@link PojoTransform PojoTransform&lt;?,String&gt;} transform defined on it.
+ *
+ *
+ * <h6 class='topic'>Configurable properties</h6>
+ * <p>
+ * 	This class has the following properties associated with it:
+ * <ul>
+ * 	<li>{@link ParserContext}
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ *
+ * @author James Bognar (james.bognar@salesforce.com)
+ */
+@Consumes("text/plain")
+public final class PlainTextParser extends ReaderParser {
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Overridden methods
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	@Override /* Parser */
+	protected <T> T doParse(ParserSession session, ClassMeta<T> type) throws Exception {
+		return session.getBeanContext().convertToType(IOUtils.read(session.getReader()), type);
+	}
+
+	@Override /* Lockable */
+	public PlainTextParser clone() {
+		try {
+			return (PlainTextParser)super.clone();
+		} catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e); // Shouldn't happen.
+		}
+	}
+}

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+/***************************************************************************************************************************
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ ***************************************************************************************************************************/
+package org.apache.juneau.plaintext;
+
+import org.apache.juneau.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.annotation.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.serializer.*;
+import org.apache.juneau.transform.*;
+
+/**
+ * Serializes POJOs to plain text using just the <code>toString()</code> method on the serialized object.
+ *
+ *
+ * <h6 class='topic'>Media types</h6>
+ * <p>
+ * 	Handles <code>Accept</code> types: <code>text/plain</code>
+ * <p>
+ * 	Produces <code>Content-Type</code> types: <code>text/plain</code>
+ *
+ *
+ * <h6 class='topic'>Description</h6>
+ * <p>
+ * 	Essentially converts POJOs to plain text using the <code>toString()</code> method.
+ * <p>
+ * 	Also serializes objects using a transform if the object class has an {@link PojoTransform PojoTransform&lt;?,String&gt;} transform defined on it.
+ *
+ *
+ * <h6 class='topic'>Configurable properties</h6>
+ * <p>
+ * 	This class has the following properties associated with it:
+ * <ul>
+ * 	<li>{@link SerializerContext}
+ * 	<li>{@link BeanContext}
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ *
+ * @author James Bognar (james.bognar@salesforce.com)
+ */
+@Produces("text/plain")
+public final class PlainTextSerializer extends WriterSerializer {
+
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Overridden methods
+	//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	@Override /* Serializer */
+	protected void doSerialize(SerializerSession session, Object o) throws Exception {
+		session.getWriter().write(o == null ? "null" : session.getBeanContext().convertToType(o, String.class));
+	}
+
+	@Override /* Serializer */
+	public PlainTextSerializer clone() {
+		try {
+			return (PlainTextSerializer)super.clone();
+		} catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e); // Shouldn't happen.
+		}
+	}
+}