path: root/gnu/java/beans/encoder/ScanEngine.java

/* ScanEngine.java
 -- Scans the input and generates an object tree that can be written as XML.
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package gnu.java.beans.encoder;

import java.beans.Expression;
import java.beans.Statement;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.IdentityHashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Stack;

/** <p>The <code>ScanEngine</code> is the main class of the backend of the
 * XML persistence algorithm. It scans {@link java.beans.Expression} and
 * {@link java.beans.Statement} instances and some raw objects via the
 * {@link #writeObject} method and feeds it to a state machine. The
 * state machine then constructs and object tree which is finally
 * written as XML by a {@link Writer} implementation.</p>
 *
 * <p>How does it work?</p>
 * <p>The <code>ScanEngine</code> sits below the {@link java.beans.XMLEncoder}
 * class and is called by it exclusively. The <code>XMLEncoder</code> sends
 * interpretive data by invoking {@link #writeExpression}, {@link #writeStatement}
 * and {@link #writeObject}. The invocations of <code>writeExpression</code> and
 * <code>writeStatement</code> are usually nested into each other and provide
 * more information then necessary to generate the XML representation.
 * Furthermore the meaning of certain <code>Expressions</code> differs
 * depending on the enclosing elements or the inner elements have to be
 * simply discarded.</p>
 *
 * <p>To cope with this state dependant nature the <code>ScanEngine</code>
 * contains a state machine which is programmed statically (no adjustments are
 * needed, all <code>ScanEngine</code> engines use the same setup). The
 * <code>ScanEngine</code>'s job is to decode the <code>Expression</code>s,
 * <code>Statement</code>s and certain objects (namely <code>String</code>,
 * <code>null</code> objects and instances which are repeatedly provided to
 * the encoder) into 13 low-level (event) methods, which denote the meaning of the
 * argument. For example an <code>Expression</code> can be an array
 * instantiation which provokes a call to {@link arrayInstantiation} or
 * it can be a class resolution leading to a call to {@link #classResolution}.
 * For the state machione the 13 methods are the distinct way to transit
 * from one state to another. Whenever the <code>ScanEngine</code> calls
 * one of the event methods the current's state successor for that event
 * is fetched from the state machine configuration, the successpr becomes
 * the current state and then the event method is called in the new current
 * state. The last step allows the state instance to do something meaningful
 * to the object tree.</p>
 *
 * <p>The state machine knows the concept of returning to the previous
 * state. This is done using a stack of states which is popped every
 * time a call to <code>writeStatement</code>, <code>writeExpression</code>
 * in the <code>XMLEncoder</code> ends by calling the {@link #end} method.
 * Note that due to the inheritance relationship of <code>Encoder</code>
 * and <code>XMLEncoder</code> it is impossible for the
 * <code>ScanEngine</code> itself to decide when an expression or statement
 * ended. This can only be done in case of {@link #writeObject} calls because
 * they are not nested.</p>
 *
 * <p>When the XML persistence mechanism reaches an object twice (and more)
 * it should generate an XML element using the "idref" attribute and add
 * an "id" attribute to its first instantiation. This complicates things a bit
 * because the first instantiation will always be part of the object tree
 * as some {@link gnu.java.beans.encoder.elements.Element} subclass instance when the
 * second and further objects accesses are written. Therefore the {@link ObjectId}
 * class was introduced which is shared between all the object tree elements
 * and has the notion of an "unused" state meaning that no identification
 * is needed. The relationship between an object and its <code>ObjectId</code>
 * instance is stored in the <code>ScanEngine</code> and gets cleared whenever
 * the {@link #flush} method is called. This method also writes the currently
 * built object tree and generates the XML representation.</p>
 *
 * @author Robert Schuster (robertschuster@fsfe.org)
 */
public class ScanEngine
{

  /** Change this to true to let the ScanEngine print state transition
   * information.
   */
  boolean DEBUG = false;

  /**
   * Stores the scanner engine states as values and their names as keys.
   */
  HashMap states = new HashMap();

  /**
   * Stores former scanner state and makes it possible to come back to them.
   */
  Stack parents = new Stack();

  /**
   * The currently active scanner state.
   */
  ScannerState current;

  /**
   * The root of an object tree that is later written to XML.
   */
  Root root;

  /**
   * The Writer used to generate the XML output.
   */
  Writer writer;

  /** Stores the relationship between objects and their {@link ObjectId} instance.
   */
  IdentityHashMap objects = new IdentityHashMap();

  public ScanEngine(OutputStream os)
  {
    // TODO: Provide another Writer implementation (e.g. one that does not use
    // the XML APIs at all).
    writer = new StAXWriter(os);
    root = new Root();

    final ScannerState start = current = new GenericScannerState(root);
    ScannerState conf;

    // Use the ReportingScannerState to debug serialization issues.
    register(ScannerState.DEFAULT_STATE_NAME, new IgnoringScannerState());

    register("start", start);

    // Special dead-end state where all transitions are ignored.
    register("ignoreAll", new IgnoringScannerState())
      .setDefaultSuccessor("ignoreAll");

    // Object reference, string reference, null object
    start.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_OBJECT_REFERENCE, "simple");
    start.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_STRING_REFERENCE, "simple");
    start.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_NULL_OBJECT, "simple");
    register("simple", new GenericScannerState(root))
      .setDefaultSuccessor("ignoreAll");

    // Class resolution.
    start.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_CLASS_RESOLUTION, "classRes0");
    register("classRes0",
             new GenericScannerState(root)).setDefaultSuccessor("ignoreAll");

    // Object instantiation.
    start.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_OBJECT_INSTANTIATION,
                       "newObj0");
    conf = register("newObj0", new GenericScannerState(root));
    conf.setDefaultSuccessor("ignoreAll");

    // Simply use the start state to encode method invocations inside of
    // objects.
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_METHOD_INVOCATION, "start");

    // Primitive instantiations.
    start.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_PRIMITIVE_INSTANTIATION,
                       "newPrimitive0");
    register("newPrimitive0",
             new GenericScannerState(root)).setDefaultSuccessor("ignoreAll");

    // Object arrays use the ARRAY_GET transition to create setting the
    // array values.
    start.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_OBJECT_ARRAY_INSTANTIATION,
                       "newObjectArray");
    conf = register("newObjectArray", new GenericScannerState(root));
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_ARRAY_GET, "newOArrayGet");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_ARRAY_SET, "ignoreAll");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_CLASS_RESOLUTION, "ignoreAll");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_PRIMITIVE_INSTANTIATION,
                      "ignoreAll");

    // Get here when a value is set in the array.
    register("newOArrayGet",
             conf = new GenericScannerState(root));

    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_PRIMITIVE_INSTANTIATION,
                      "newOArrayGet_ignoreFirstInteger");

    // "newArrayGet_ignoreFirstInteger" is set up mostly identical like the "start"
    // state. Otherwise things would not behave the same when done inside
    // arrays.
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_OBJECT_REFERENCE, "simple");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_STRING_REFERENCE, "simple");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_NULL_OBJECT, "simple");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_CLASS_RESOLUTION, "classRes0");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_OBJECT_INSTANTIATION, "newObj0");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_PRIMITIVE_ARRAY_INSTANTIATION,
                      "newPrimitiveArray");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_OBJECT_ARRAY_INSTANTIATION,
                      "newObjectArray");

    conf = register("newOArrayGet_ignoreFirstInteger",
                    new GenericScannerState(root, 1));

    // In non-int primitive arrays class resolutions can happen
    // but they should be ignored.
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_CLASS_RESOLUTION, "ignoreAll");

    // Spurious object and string references occur when setting array
    // elements. This suppresses them.
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_PRIMITIVE_INSTANTIATION,
                      "ignoreAll");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_OBJECT_REFERENCE, "ignoreAll");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_STRING_REFERENCE, "ignoreAll");

    conf.setDefaultSuccessor("start");

    // Primitive arrays use the ARRAY_SET transition to create setting the
    // array values. This turned out to be the only working solution.
    // When primitive arrays were handled by ARRAY_GET the values in boolean
    // arrays were always skipped.
    start.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_PRIMITIVE_ARRAY_INSTANTIATION,
                       "newPrimitiveArray");
    conf = register("newPrimitiveArray", new GenericScannerState(root));
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_ARRAY_GET, "ignoreAll");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_ARRAY_SET, "newPArraySet");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_CLASS_RESOLUTION, "ignoreAll");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_PRIMITIVE_INSTANTIATION,
                      "ignoreAll");

    conf = register("newPArraySet", new GenericScannerState(root));
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_PRIMITIVE_INSTANTIATION,
                      "newPArraySet_ignoreFirstInteger");

    // Primitive arrays ignore all kinds of non-primitive object information.
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_OBJECT_REFERENCE,
                      "ignoreAll");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_STRING_REFERENCE, "ignoreAll");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_NULL_OBJECT, "ignoreAll");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_CLASS_RESOLUTION, "ingoreAll");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_OBJECT_INSTANTIATION, "ignoreAll");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_PRIMITIVE_ARRAY_INSTANTIATION,
                      "ignoreAll");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_OBJECT_ARRAY_INSTANTIATION,
                      "ignoreAll");

    conf = register("newPArraySet_ignoreFirstInteger",
                    new GenericScannerState(root, 1));

    // In non-int primitive arrays class resolutions can happen
    // but they should be ignored.
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_CLASS_RESOLUTION, "ignoreAll");

    // Spurious object and string references occur when setting array
    // elements. This suppresses them.
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_PRIMITIVE_INSTANTIATION,
                      "ignoreAll");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_OBJECT_REFERENCE, "ignoreAll");
    conf.putSuccessor(ScannerState.TRANSITION_STRING_REFERENCE, "ignoreAll");
    conf.setDefaultSuccessor("start");

  }

  /** Registers a <code>ScannerState</code> under a certain name.
   *
   * @param name Name of the state
   * @param state The <code>ScannerState</code> instance.
   * @return The second argument.
   */
  private ScannerState register(String name, ScannerState state)
  {
    state.init(name);

    states.put(name, state);

    return state;
  }

  /** Generates or returns an id for the given object which can be activated
   * later if the object is suitable.
   *
   * <p>Objects are unsuitable if they are an instance of a primitive wrapper
   * or String.</p>
   *
   * @param value The object to retrieve an id for.
   * @return The id for the object or <code>null</code>.
   */
  private ObjectId retrieveId(Object value)
  {
    Class valueClass = value.getClass();
    ObjectId id = null;

    // Although multiple accesses to Class objects are not handled
    // through ids we generate one for them, too. This allows us to detect
    // second time references to such objects in the writeObject method
    // and handle them in a special way.
    if (valueClass != String.class
        && valueClass.getSuperclass() != Number.class
        && valueClass != Boolean.class)
      {
        if ((id = (ObjectId) objects.get(value)) == null)
          {
            id = new ObjectId(valueClass);
            objects.put(value, id);
          }
      }

    return id;
  }

  /** Scans the argument and calls one of event methods. See
   * the introduction of this class for details.
   *
   * @param expr The expression to serialize.
   */
  public void writeExpression(Expression expr)
  {
    String methodName = expr.getMethodName();
    Object[] args = expr.getArguments();
    Object target = expr.getTarget();
    Object value = null;

    try
      {
        value = expr.getValue();
      }
    catch (Exception e)
      {
        throw (InternalError)
          new InternalError(
          "The Expression's value should be available at this point.")
          .initCause(e);
      }

    // TODO: What if the value is null?
    ObjectId id;
    Class valueClass = value.getClass();

    if (target == Array.class)
      {
        if (methodName.equals("newInstance"))
          {
            id = retrieveId(value);

            Class ct = (Class) args[0];

            if (ct.isPrimitive() || ct == Boolean.class || ct == Byte.class
                || ct == Short.class || ct == Integer.class || ct == Long.class
                || ct == Float.class || ct == Double.class)
              primitiveArrayInstantiation(ct.getName(),
                                          args[1].toString(),
                                          id);
            else
              objectArrayInstantiation(ct.getName(),
                                       args[1].toString(),
                                       id);

            return;
          }
        else if (methodName.equals("get"))
          {
            arrayGet(args[1].toString());

            // The encoder does not call the ScanEngine
            // when an object is serialized that we already know.
            // We test for this situation and insert the object reference
            // manually.
            // Since there is already a workaround for the Class class
            // in writeObject we have to except it from this behavior.
            id = (ObjectId) objects.get(value);
            if (id != null && valueClass != Class.class)
              {
                objectReference(id);
                end();
              }

            return;
          }
        else if (methodName.equals("set"))
          {
            arraySet(args[1].toString());
            return;
          }
      }

    id = retrieveId(value);

    if (target instanceof Class)
      {
        if (methodName.equals("new"))
          {
            Class targetClass = (Class) target;

            // All primitive types have short-hand forms for their
            // constructors.
            if (valueClass == Boolean.class)
              primitiveInstantiation("boolean", args[0].toString());
            else if (valueClass == Byte.class)
              primitiveInstantiation("byte", args[0].toString());
            else if (valueClass == Short.class)
              primitiveInstantiation("short", args[0].toString());
            else if (valueClass == Integer.class)
              primitiveInstantiation("int", args[0].toString());
            else if (valueClass == Long.class)
              primitiveInstantiation("long", args[0].toString());
            else if (valueClass == Float.class)
              primitiveInstantiation("float", args[0].toString());
            else if (valueClass == Double.class)
              primitiveInstantiation("double", args[0].toString());
            else
              objectInstantiation(targetClass.getName(), id);

            return;
          }
        else if (value instanceof Class)
          {
            String className = ((Class) value).getName();

            // At this point we know that some *static* method will be called.

            if (methodName.equals("forName"))
              {
                // However "Class.forName" represents class resolution and has a
                // special syntax.
                classResolution(className);
                return;
              }
            else if (methodName.equals("getField"))
              {
                // The same goes for "Class.getField".
                // Note: The name of the wanted field is given in
                // the argument array.
                staticFieldAccess(className, args[0].toString());
                return;
              }
            else
              {
                // If nothing fits it is just a static method
                // invocation which we decode as such.
                staticMethodInvocation(className, methodName);
                return;
              }
          }
      }
    else if (target instanceof List)
      {
        // Special behavior for indexed get and set method for list-style
        // classes.
        // The arguments are in the args array but we need them as subelements.
        if (methodName.equals("get"))
          {
            listGet();
            return;
          }
        else if (methodName.equals("set"))
          {
            listSet();
            return;
          }
      }

    // If nothing else could be used then this is a normal
    // method invocation.
    methodInvocation(methodName);
  }

  /**
   * Ends the current state and returns to the last one.
   */
  public void end()
  {
    current.end();

    if (DEBUG) System.err.print("back from " + current.getName());

    ScannerState oldCurrent = current;
    current = (ScannerState) parents.pop();

    if (DEBUG) System.err.println(" to " + current.getName());
  }

  /**
   * Returns to the last state and deletes the last element in the object tree.
   */
  public void revoke()
  {
    ScannerState oldCurrent = current;
    current = (ScannerState) parents.pop();

    root.deleteLast();
  }

  /** Scans the argument and calls one of event methods. See
   * the introduction of this class for details.
   *
   * @param stmt The statement to serialize.
   */
  public void writeStatement(Statement stmt)
  {
    // This is a simplified version of writeExpression. Everything
    // that would not create something that is embedded in a <void> tag
    // is left out (instantiation, getters, ...).
    // TODO: Is this the right thing to do?

    String methodName = stmt.getMethodName();
    Object target = stmt.getTarget();
    Object[] args = stmt.getArguments();

    if (target == Array.class && methodName.equals("set"))
      {
        arraySet(args[1].toString());
        return;
      }

    if (target instanceof List)
      {
        if (methodName.equals("set"))
          {
            listSet();
            return;
          }
      }

    // If nothing else could be used then this is a normal
    // method invocation.
    methodInvocation(methodName);
  }

  /** Scans the argument and calls one of event methods. See
   * the introduction of this class for details.
   *
   * @param o The object to serialize.
   */
  public boolean writeObject(Object o)
  {
    ObjectId id = null;

    if (o == null)
      {
        // Handle null objects which have a special syntax.
        nullObject();
        end();
      }
    else if (o.getClass() == String.class)
      {
        // Handle strings which are treated extremely special
        // in the encoder (they are never converted into a
        // Expression).
        stringReference((String) o);
        end();
      }
    else if ((id = (ObjectId) objects.get(o)) != null)
      {
        // Multiple references to a Class object do not generate
        // an object reference but we use the id to detect that
        // situation.
        if (o.getClass() == Class.class)
          {
            classResolution(((Class) o).getName());
            end();
            return false;
          }

        // If our object has a corresponding ObjectId instance
        // then generate an objectReference. This will
        // initialize the id (= brings it in the "used" state)
        // when this is the first referal.
        objectReference(id);
        end();
        return false;
      }

    return true;
  }

  /**
   * Writes the currently constructed object tree out as
   * XML and clears the object to {@link ObjectId} relations.
   */
  public void flush()
  {
    // Make all references unreachable. That means we have to generate
    // new object ids.
    objects.clear();

    root.traverse(writer);
  }

  /** Writes the final bits if the object tree and closes the stream
   * afterwards.
   */
  public void close()
  {
    flush();
    root.close(writer);
  }

  /**
   * Does a transition from one state to another using the given event.
   *
   * <p>This involves saving the current state, retrieving it's
   * successor and setting it as the current state.</p>
   *
   * @param transition One of {@link ScannerStates]'s transition constants.
   */
  private void transition(int transition)
  {
    parents.push(current);

    String stateName = current.getSuccessor(transition);

    if (DEBUG)
      {
        System.err.println("from state: " + current.getName() + "\n\troute: "
                           + ScannerState.transitionNames[transition]
                           + "\n\t\tto state: "
                           + stateName);
      }

    ScannerState newState = (ScannerState) states.get(stateName);

    newState.enter(new Context(current.getName(), current.getCalls()));

    assert (newState != null) : "State '" + stateName + "' was not defined.";

    current = newState;
  }

  /** Event method that denotes a (non-static) method invocation.
   *
   * <p>More details about this method can be found in this
   * class' introduction.</p>
   *
   * @param methodName The name of the method which is called.
   */
  void methodInvocation(String methodName)
  {
    transition(ScannerState.TRANSITION_METHOD_INVOCATION);

    current.methodInvocation(methodName);
  }

  /** Event method that denotes a static method invocation.
  *
  * <p>More details about this method can be found in this
  * class' introduction.</p>
  *
  * @param methodName The name of the method which is called.
  * @param className The name of the class in which the method is called.
  */
  void staticMethodInvocation(String className, String methodName)
  {
    transition(ScannerState.TRANSITION_STATIC_METHOD_INVOCATION);

    current.staticMethodInvocation(className, methodName);
  }

  /** Event method that denotes the retrieval of a static field's value.
  *
  * <p>More details about this method can be found in this
  * class' introduction.</p>
  *
  * @param fieldName The name of the field whose value is retrieved.
  * @param className The name of the class in which the method is called.
  */
  void staticFieldAccess(String className, String fieldName)
  {
    transition(ScannerState.TRANSITION_STATIC_FIELD_ACCESS);

    current.staticFieldAccess(className, fieldName);
  }

  /** Event method that denotes the resolution of a class.
  *
  * <p>More details about this method can be found in this
  * class' introduction.</p>
  *
  * @param className The name of the class in which the method is called.
  */
  void classResolution(String className)
  {
    transition(ScannerState.TRANSITION_CLASS_RESOLUTION);

    current.classResolution(className);
  }

  /** Event method that denotes the instantiation of an object.
  *
  * <p>More details about this method can be found in this
  * class' introduction.</p>
  *
  * @param className The name of the class in which the method is called.
  * @param objectId An ObjectId instance which can be activated later.
  */
  void objectInstantiation(String className, ObjectId objectId)
  {
    transition(ScannerState.TRANSITION_OBJECT_INSTANTIATION);

    current.objectInstantiation(className, objectId);
  }

  /** Event method that denotes the instantiation of a primitive.
  *
  * <p>More details about this method can be found in this
  * class' introduction.</p>
  *
  * @param primitiveName One of "boolean, "byte", "short", "int", "long"
  * , "float" or "double"
  * @param valueAsString The value of the primitive as a String.
  */
  void primitiveInstantiation(String primitiveName, String valueAsString)
  {
    transition(ScannerState.TRANSITION_PRIMITIVE_INSTANTIATION);

    current.primitiveInstantiation(primitiveName, valueAsString);
  }

  /** Event method that denotes the instantiation of an object array.
  *
  * <p>More details about this method can be found in this
  * class' introduction.</p>
  *
  * @param arrayClassName The array's class name.
  * @param objectId An ObjectId instance which can be activated later.
  * @param lengthAsString The array's length as String.
  */
  void objectArrayInstantiation(String arrayClassName, String lengthAsString,
                          ObjectId objectId)
  {
    transition(ScannerState.TRANSITION_OBJECT_ARRAY_INSTANTIATION);

    current.objectArrayInstantiation(arrayClassName, lengthAsString, objectId);
  }

  /** Event method that denotes the instantiation of a primitive array.
  *
  * <p>More details about this method can be found in this
  * class' introduction.</p>
  *
  * @param arrayClassName The array's class name.
  * @param objectId An ObjectId instance which can be activated later.
  * @param lengthAsString The array's length as String.
  */
  void primitiveArrayInstantiation(String arrayClassName, String lengthAsString,
                                ObjectId objectId)
  {
    transition(ScannerState.TRANSITION_PRIMITIVE_ARRAY_INSTANTIATION);

    current.objectArrayInstantiation(arrayClassName, lengthAsString, objectId);
  }

  /** Event method that denotes the setting of a value in an array.
  *
  * <p>More details about this method can be found in this
  * class' introduction.</p>
  *
  * @param indexAsString The index to as a String.
  */
  void arraySet(String indexAsString)
  {
    transition(ScannerState.TRANSITION_ARRAY_SET);

    current.arraySet(indexAsString);
  }

  /** Event method that denotes the retrieval of a value in an array.
  *
  * <p>More details about this method can be found in this
  * class' introduction.</p>
  *
  * @param indexAsString The index to as a String.
  */
  void arrayGet(String indexAsString)
  {
    transition(ScannerState.TRANSITION_ARRAY_GET);

    current.arrayGet(indexAsString);
  }

  /** Event method that denotes the setting of a value in a list.
  *
  * <p>More details about this method can be found in this
  * class' introduction.</p>
  */
  void listSet()
  {
    transition(ScannerState.TRANSITION_LIST_SET);

    current.listSet();
  }

  /** Event method that denotes the retrieval of a value in a list.
  *
  * <p>More details about this method can be found in this
  * class' introduction.</p>
  */
  void listGet()
  {
    transition(ScannerState.TRANSITION_LIST_GET);

    current.listGet();
  }

  /** Event method that denotes the null value.
  */
  void nullObject()
  {
    transition(ScannerState.TRANSITION_NULL_OBJECT);

    current.nullObject();
  }

  /** Event method that denotes a string.
   *
   * @param string The string that should be written.
   */
  void stringReference(String string)
  {
    transition(ScannerState.TRANSITION_STRING_REFERENCE);

    current.stringReference(string);
  }

  /** Event method that denotes a reference to an existing object.
   *
   * @param id The ObjectId to be used.
   */
  void objectReference(ObjectId id)
  {
    transition(ScannerState.TRANSITION_OBJECT_REFERENCE);

    current.objectReference(id);
  }

}