code: /**
   * This file is part of Eclipse Steady.
   *
   * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   * You may obtain a copy of the License at
   *
   *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
   *
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   * 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
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   *
   * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
   * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2018-2020 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and Eclipse Steady contributors
   */
  package org.eclipse.steady.shared.json;
  
  import java.io.IOException;
  import java.nio.file.Path;
  
  import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
  import org.eclipse.steady.shared.util.FileUtil;
  
  /**
   * Serializes a given object and writes it to disk.
   *
   * @param <T> type of objects handled by the writer.
   */
  public class JsonWriter<T> {
  
    private static final Logger log = org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getLogger(JsonWriter.class);
  
    /**
     * <p>write.</p>
     *
     * @param _object a T object.
     * @param _path a {@link java.nio.file.Path} object.
     * @return a boolean.
     */
    public boolean write(T _object, Path _path) {
      boolean success = false;
      if (_object != null && _path != null) {
        // Serialize
        final String json = JacksonUtil.asJsonString(_object);
        // Write
        try {
          FileUtil.writeToFile(_path.toFile(), json);
          success = true;
        } catch (IOException e) {
          log.error("Error writing to file [" + _path + "]: " + e.getMessage(), e);
        }
      }
      return success;
    }
  }
  