etesync-android/app/src/main/java/com/etesync/syncadapter/GsonHelper.java

package com.etesync.syncadapter;

import com.etesync.syncadapter.utils.Base64;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive;
import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext;
import com.google.gson.JsonSerializer;

import java.lang.reflect.Type;

public class GsonHelper {
    public static final Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().registerTypeHierarchyAdapter(byte[].class,
            new ByteArrayToBase64TypeAdapter()).create();

    // Using Android's base64 libraries. This can be replaced with any base64 library.
    private static class ByteArrayToBase64TypeAdapter implements JsonSerializer<byte[]>, JsonDeserializer<byte[]> {
        public byte[] deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException {
            return Base64.decode(json.getAsString(), Base64.NO_WRAP);
        }

        public JsonElement serialize(byte[] src, Type typeOfSrc, JsonSerializationContext context) {
            return new JsonPrimitive(Base64.encodeToString(src, Base64.NO_WRAP));
        }
    }
}