Merge "Added tests for yang.model.util"
[yangtools.git] / yang / yang-data-impl / src / main / java / org / opendaylight / yangtools / yang / data / impl / codec / TypeDefinitionAwareCodec.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc. and others.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
+ * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ */
 package org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.impl.codec;
 
+import static org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.util.BaseTypes.INT16_QNAME;
+import static org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.util.BaseTypes.INT32_QNAME;
+import static org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.util.BaseTypes.INT64_QNAME;
+import static org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.util.BaseTypes.INT8_QNAME;
+import static org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.util.BaseTypes.UINT16_QNAME;
+import static org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.util.BaseTypes.UINT32_QNAME;
+import static org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.util.BaseTypes.UINT64_QNAME;
+import static org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.util.BaseTypes.UINT8_QNAME;
+
+import com.google.common.base.CharMatcher;
+import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import com.google.common.io.BaseEncoding;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.util.Set;
-
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.codec.BinaryCodec;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.codec.BitsCodec;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.codec.BooleanCodec;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.codec.DecimalCodec;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.codec.EmptyCodec;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.codec.EnumCodec;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.codec.Int16Codec;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.codec.Int32Codec;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.codec.Int64Codec;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.codec.Int8Codec;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.codec.StringCodec;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.codec.Uint16Codec;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.codec.Uint32Codec;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.codec.Uint64Codec;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.codec.Uint8Codec;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.data.api.codec.UnionCodec;
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api.TypeDefinition;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api.type.BinaryTypeDefinition;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api.type.BitsTypeDefinition;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api.type.BooleanTypeDefinition;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api.type.DecimalTypeDefinition;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api.type.EmptyTypeDefinition;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api.type.EnumTypeDefinition;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api.type.EnumTypeDefinition.EnumPair;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api.type.IntegerTypeDefinition;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api.type.StringTypeDefinition;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api.type.UnionTypeDefinition;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api.type.UnsignedIntegerTypeDefinition;
+
+public abstract class TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<J, T extends TypeDefinition<T>> implements DataStringCodec<J> {
+
+    private static final Pattern intPattern = Pattern.compile("[+-]?[1-9][0-9]*$");
+    private static final Pattern hexPattern = Pattern.compile("[+-]?0[xX][0-9a-fA-F]+");
+    private static final Pattern octalPattern = Pattern.compile("[+-]?0[1-7][0-7]*$");
+
+    // For up to two characters, this is very fast
+    private static final CharMatcher X_MATCHER = CharMatcher.anyOf("xX");
+
+    private final Optional<T> typeDefinition;
+    private final Class<J> inputClass;
+
+    private static final int provideBase(final String integer) {
+        if (integer == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("String representing integer number cannot be NULL");
+        }
+
+        if ((integer.length() == 1) && (integer.charAt(0) == '0')) {
+            return 10;
+        }
+
+        final Matcher intMatcher = intPattern.matcher(integer);
+        if (intMatcher.matches()) {
+            return 10;
+        } else {
+            final Matcher hexMatcher = hexPattern.matcher(integer);
+            if (hexMatcher.matches()) {
+                return 16;
+            } else {
+                final Matcher octMatcher = octalPattern.matcher(integer);
+                if (octMatcher.matches()) {
+                    return 8;
+                } else {
+                    String formatedMessage = String.format("Incorrect lexical representation of integer value: %s."
+                            + "%nAn integer value can be defined as: "
+                            + "%n  - a decimal number,"
+                            + "%n  - a hexadecimal number (prefix 0x),"
+                            + "%n  - an octal number (prefix 0)."
+                            + "%nSigned values are allowed. Spaces between digits are NOT allowed.", integer);
+                    throw new NumberFormatException(formatedMessage);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
-import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+    private static String normalizeHexadecimal(final String hexInt) {
+        if (hexInt == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "String representing integer number in Hexadecimal format cannot be NULL!");
+        }
+
+        return X_MATCHER.removeFrom(hexInt);
+    }
+
+    private static final BinaryCodecStringImpl BINARY_DEFAULT_CODEC = new BinaryCodecStringImpl(
+            Optional.<BinaryTypeDefinition> absent());
+
+    private static final BooleanCodecStringImpl BOOLEAN_DEFAULT_CODEC = new BooleanCodecStringImpl(
+            Optional.<BooleanTypeDefinition> absent());
+
+    private static final DecimalCodecStringImpl DECIMAL64_DEFAULT_CODEC = new DecimalCodecStringImpl(
+            Optional.<DecimalTypeDefinition> absent());
+
+    private static final EmptyCodecStringImpl EMPTY_DEFAULT_CODEC = new EmptyCodecStringImpl(
+            Optional.<EmptyTypeDefinition> absent());
+
+    private static final Int8CodecStringImpl INT8_DEFAULT_CODEC = new Int8CodecStringImpl(
+            Optional.<IntegerTypeDefinition> absent());
+
+    private static final Int16CodecStringImpl INT16_DEFAULT_CODEC = new Int16CodecStringImpl(
+            Optional.<IntegerTypeDefinition> absent());
+
+    private static final Int32CodecStringImpl INT32_DEFAULT_CODEC = new Int32CodecStringImpl(
+            Optional.<IntegerTypeDefinition> absent());
+
+    private static final Int64CodecStringImpl INT64_DEFAULT_CODEC = new Int64CodecStringImpl(
+            Optional.<IntegerTypeDefinition> absent());
+
+    private static final StringCodecStringImpl STRING_DEFAULT_CODEC = new StringCodecStringImpl(
+            Optional.<StringTypeDefinition> absent());
+
+    private static final Uint8CodecStringImpl UINT8_DEFAULT_CODEC = new Uint8CodecStringImpl(
+            Optional.<UnsignedIntegerTypeDefinition> absent());
 
-import static org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.util.BaseTypes.*;
+    private static final Uint16CodecStringImpl UINT16_DEFAULT_CODEC = new Uint16CodecStringImpl(
+            Optional.<UnsignedIntegerTypeDefinition> absent());
 
-public abstract class TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<T> implements StringCodec<T> {
+    private static final Uint32CodecStringImpl UINT32_DEFAULT_CODEC = new Uint32CodecStringImpl(
+            Optional.<UnsignedIntegerTypeDefinition> absent());
 
-    private final TypeDefinition<?> typeDefinition;
-    private final Class<T> inputClass;
+    private static final Uint64CodecStringImpl UINT64_DEFAULT_CODEC = new Uint64CodecStringImpl(
+            Optional.<UnsignedIntegerTypeDefinition> absent());
 
-    public Class<T> getInputClass() {
+    @Override
+    public Class<J> getInputClass() {
         return inputClass;
     }
 
-    protected TypeDefinitionAwareCodec(TypeDefinition<?> typeDefinition, Class<T> outputClass) {
+    protected TypeDefinitionAwareCodec(final Optional<T> typeDefinition, final Class<J> outputClass) {
+        Preconditions.checkArgument(outputClass != null, "Output class must be specified.");
         this.typeDefinition = typeDefinition;
         this.inputClass = outputClass;
     }
 
-    public TypeDefinition<?> getTypeDefinition() {
+    public Optional<T> getTypeDefinition() {
         return typeDefinition;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public String serialize(T data) {
-        return data.toString();
+    @SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
+    public static final TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Object, ? extends TypeDefinition<?>> from(final TypeDefinition typeDefinition) {
+        return fromType(typeDefinition);
     }
 
-    public static final TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<?> from(TypeDefinition<?> typeDefinition) {
-        while(typeDefinition.getBaseType() != null) {
-            typeDefinition = typeDefinition.getBaseType();
-        }
-        
-        if (BINARY_QNAME.equals(typeDefinition.getQName())) {
-            return new BinaryCodec(typeDefinition);
-        }
-        if (BITS_QNAME.equals(typeDefinition.getQName())) {
-            return new BitsCodec(typeDefinition);
-        }
-        if (BOOLEAN_QNAME.equals(typeDefinition.getQName())) {
-            return new BooleanCodec(typeDefinition);
-        }
-        if (DECIMAL64_QNAME.equals(typeDefinition.getQName())) {
-            return new DecimalCodec(typeDefinition);
-        }
-        if (EMPTY_QNAME.equals(typeDefinition.getQName())) {
-            return new EmptyCodec(typeDefinition);
-        }
-        if (ENUMERATION_QNAME.equals(typeDefinition.getQName())) {
-            return new EnumCodec(typeDefinition);
-        }
-        if (INT8_QNAME.equals(typeDefinition.getQName())) {
-            return new Int8Codec(typeDefinition);
-        }
-        if (INT16_QNAME.equals(typeDefinition.getQName())) {
-            return new Int16Codec(typeDefinition);
-        }
-        if (INT32_QNAME.equals(typeDefinition.getQName())) {
-            return new Int32Codec(typeDefinition);
-        }
-        if (INT64_QNAME.equals(typeDefinition.getQName())) {
-            return new Int64Codec(typeDefinition);
-        }
-        if (STRING_QNAME.equals(typeDefinition.getQName())) {
-            return new StringCodec(typeDefinition);
-        }
-        if (UINT8_QNAME.equals(typeDefinition.getQName())) {
-            return new Uint8Codec(typeDefinition);
-        }
-        if (UINT16_QNAME.equals(typeDefinition.getQName())) {
-            return new Uint16Codec(typeDefinition);
-        }
-        if (UINT32_QNAME.equals(typeDefinition.getQName())) {
-            return new Uint32Codec(typeDefinition);
-        }
-        if (UINT64_QNAME.equals(typeDefinition.getQName())) {
-            return new Uint64Codec(typeDefinition);
-        }
-        return null;
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public static final <T extends TypeDefinition<T>> TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<?, T> fromType(final T typeDefinition) {
+        T superType = typeDefinition;
+        while (superType.getBaseType() != null) {
+            superType = superType.getBaseType();
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+        TypeDefinitionAwareCodec codec = null;
+
+        if (superType instanceof BinaryTypeDefinition) {
+            codec = BINARY_DEFAULT_CODEC;
+        } else if (superType instanceof BitsTypeDefinition) {
+            codec = new BitsCodecStringImpl( Optional.of( (BitsTypeDefinition)superType ) );
+        } else if (superType instanceof BooleanTypeDefinition) {
+            codec = BOOLEAN_DEFAULT_CODEC;
+        } else if (superType instanceof DecimalTypeDefinition) {
+            codec = DECIMAL64_DEFAULT_CODEC;
+        } else if (superType instanceof EmptyTypeDefinition) {
+            codec = EMPTY_DEFAULT_CODEC;
+        } else if (superType instanceof EnumTypeDefinition) {
+            codec = new EnumCodecStringImpl( Optional.of( (EnumTypeDefinition)superType ) );
+        } else if (superType instanceof IntegerTypeDefinition) {
+            if (INT8_QNAME.equals(superType.getQName())) {
+                codec = INT8_DEFAULT_CODEC;
+            } else if (INT16_QNAME.equals(superType.getQName())) {
+                codec = INT16_DEFAULT_CODEC;
+            } else if (INT32_QNAME.equals(superType.getQName())) {
+                codec = INT32_DEFAULT_CODEC;
+            } else if (INT64_QNAME.equals(superType.getQName())) {
+                codec = INT64_DEFAULT_CODEC;
+            }
+        } else if (superType instanceof StringTypeDefinition) {
+            codec = STRING_DEFAULT_CODEC;
+        } else if (superType instanceof UnionTypeDefinition) {
+            codec = new UnionCodecStringImpl( Optional.of( (UnionTypeDefinition)superType ) );
+        } else if (superType instanceof UnsignedIntegerTypeDefinition) {
+            if (UINT8_QNAME.equals(superType.getQName())) {
+                codec = UINT8_DEFAULT_CODEC;
+            }
+            if (UINT16_QNAME.equals(superType.getQName())) {
+                codec = UINT16_DEFAULT_CODEC;
+            }
+            if (UINT32_QNAME.equals(superType.getQName())) {
+                codec = UINT32_DEFAULT_CODEC;
+            }
+            if (UINT64_QNAME.equals(superType.getQName())) {
+                codec = UINT64_DEFAULT_CODEC;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return codec;
     }
 
-    public static class BooleanCodec extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Boolean> {
+    public static class BooleanCodecStringImpl extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Boolean, BooleanTypeDefinition>
+            implements BooleanCodec<String> {
 
-        protected BooleanCodec(TypeDefinition<?> typeDefinition) {
-            super(typeDefinition, Boolean.class);
+        protected BooleanCodecStringImpl(final Optional<BooleanTypeDefinition> typeDef) {
+            super(typeDef, Boolean.class);
         }
 
         @Override
-        public String serialize(Boolean data) {
-            return data.toString();
+        public String serialize(final Boolean data) {
+            return data == null ? "" : data.toString();
         }
 
         @Override
-        public Boolean deserialize(String stringRepresentation) {
-            return Boolean.parseBoolean(stringRepresentation);
+        public Boolean deserialize(final String stringRepresentation) {
+            return Boolean.valueOf(stringRepresentation);
         }
     };
 
-    public static class Uint8Codec extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Short> {
+    public static class Uint8CodecStringImpl extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Short, UnsignedIntegerTypeDefinition>
+            implements Uint8Codec<String> {
 
-        protected Uint8Codec(TypeDefinition<?> typeDefinition) {
-            super(typeDefinition, Short.class);
+        protected Uint8CodecStringImpl(final Optional<UnsignedIntegerTypeDefinition> typeDef) {
+            super(typeDef, Short.class);
         }
 
         @Override
-        public String serialize(Short data) {
-            return data.toString();
+        public String serialize(final Short data) {
+            return data == null ? "" : data.toString();
         }
 
         @Override
-        public Short deserialize(String stringRepresentation) {
-            return Short.parseShort(stringRepresentation);
+        public Short deserialize(final String stringRepresentation) {
+            int base = provideBase(stringRepresentation);
+            if (base == 16) {
+                return Short.valueOf(normalizeHexadecimal(stringRepresentation), base);
+            }
+            return Short.valueOf(stringRepresentation, base);
         }
     };
 
-    public static class Uint16Codec extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Integer> {
-        protected Uint16Codec(TypeDefinition<?> typeDefinition) {
-            super(typeDefinition, Integer.class);
+    public static class Uint16CodecStringImpl extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Integer, UnsignedIntegerTypeDefinition>
+            implements Uint16Codec<String> {
+        protected Uint16CodecStringImpl(final Optional<UnsignedIntegerTypeDefinition> typeDef) {
+            super(typeDef, Integer.class);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Integer deserialize(final String stringRepresentation) {
+            int base = provideBase(stringRepresentation);
+            if (base == 16) {
+                return Integer.valueOf(normalizeHexadecimal(stringRepresentation), base);
+            }
+            return Integer.valueOf(stringRepresentation, base);
         }
 
         @Override
-        public Integer deserialize(String stringRepresentation) {
-            return Integer.parseInt(stringRepresentation);
+        public String serialize(final Integer data) {
+            return data == null ? "" : data.toString();
         }
     };
 
-    public static class Uint32Codec extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Long> {
+    public static class Uint32CodecStringImpl extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Long, UnsignedIntegerTypeDefinition>
+            implements Uint32Codec<String> {
 
-        protected Uint32Codec(TypeDefinition<?> typeDefinition) {
-            super(typeDefinition, Long.class);
+        protected Uint32CodecStringImpl(final Optional<UnsignedIntegerTypeDefinition> typeDef) {
+            super(typeDef, Long.class);
         }
 
         @Override
-        public Long deserialize(String stringRepresentation) {
-            return Long.parseLong(stringRepresentation);
+        public Long deserialize(final String stringRepresentation) {
+            int base = provideBase(stringRepresentation);
+            if (base == 16) {
+                return Long.valueOf(normalizeHexadecimal(stringRepresentation), base);
+            }
+            return Long.valueOf(stringRepresentation, base);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String serialize(final Long data) {
+            return data == null ? "" : data.toString();
         }
     };
 
-    public static class Uint64Codec extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<BigInteger> {
+    public static class Uint64CodecStringImpl extends
+            TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<BigInteger, UnsignedIntegerTypeDefinition> implements Uint64Codec<String> {
 
-        protected Uint64Codec(TypeDefinition<?> typeDefinition) {
-            super(typeDefinition, BigInteger.class);
+        protected Uint64CodecStringImpl(final Optional<UnsignedIntegerTypeDefinition> typeDef) {
+            super(typeDef, BigInteger.class);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public BigInteger deserialize(final String stringRepresentation) {
+            int base = provideBase(stringRepresentation);
+            if (base == 16) {
+                return new BigInteger(normalizeHexadecimal(stringRepresentation), base);
+            }
+            return new BigInteger(stringRepresentation, base);
         }
 
         @Override
-        public BigInteger deserialize(String stringRepresentation) {
-            // FIXME: Implement codec correctly
-            return BigInteger.valueOf(Long.valueOf(stringRepresentation));
+        public String serialize(final BigInteger data) {
+            return data == null ? "" : data.toString();
         }
     };
 
-    public static class StringCodec extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<String> {
+    public static class StringCodecStringImpl extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<String, StringTypeDefinition> implements
+            StringCodec<String> {
 
-        protected StringCodec(TypeDefinition<?> typeDefinition) {
-            super(typeDefinition, String.class);
+        protected StringCodecStringImpl(final Optional<StringTypeDefinition> typeDef) {
+            super(typeDef, String.class);
         }
 
         @Override
-        public String deserialize(String stringRepresentation) {
-            return stringRepresentation;
+        public String deserialize(final String stringRepresentation) {
+            return stringRepresentation == null ? "" : stringRepresentation;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String serialize(final String data) {
+            return data == null ? "" : data;
         }
     };
 
-    public static class Int16Codec extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Short> {
+    public static class Int16CodecStringImpl extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Short, IntegerTypeDefinition> implements
+            Int16Codec<String> {
 
-        protected Int16Codec(TypeDefinition<?> typeDefinition) {
-            super(typeDefinition, Short.class);
+        protected Int16CodecStringImpl(final Optional<IntegerTypeDefinition> typeDef) {
+            super(typeDef, Short.class);
         }
 
         @Override
-        public Short deserialize(String stringRepresentation) {
-            return Short.valueOf(stringRepresentation);
+        public Short deserialize(final String stringRepresentation) {
+            int base = provideBase(stringRepresentation);
+            if (base == 16) {
+                return Short.valueOf(normalizeHexadecimal(stringRepresentation), base);
+            }
+            return Short.valueOf(stringRepresentation, base);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String serialize(final Short data) {
+            return data == null ? "" : data.toString();
         }
     };
 
-    public static class Int32Codec extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Integer> {
+    public static class Int32CodecStringImpl extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Integer, IntegerTypeDefinition> implements
+            Int32Codec<String> {
 
-        protected Int32Codec(TypeDefinition<?> typeDefinition) {
-            super(typeDefinition, Integer.class);
+        protected Int32CodecStringImpl(final Optional<IntegerTypeDefinition> typeDef) {
+            super(typeDef, Integer.class);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Integer deserialize(final String stringRepresentation) {
+            int base = provideBase(stringRepresentation);
+            if (base == 16) {
+                return Integer.valueOf(normalizeHexadecimal(stringRepresentation), base);
+            }
+            return Integer.valueOf(stringRepresentation, base);
         }
 
         @Override
-        public Integer deserialize(String stringRepresentation) {
-            return Integer.valueOf(stringRepresentation);
+        public String serialize(final Integer data) {
+            return data == null ? "" : data.toString();
         }
     };
 
-    public static class Int64Codec extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Long> {
+    public static class Int64CodecStringImpl extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Long, IntegerTypeDefinition> implements
+            Int64Codec<String> {
 
-        protected Int64Codec(TypeDefinition<?> typeDefinition) {
-            super(typeDefinition, Long.class);
+        protected Int64CodecStringImpl(final Optional<IntegerTypeDefinition> typeDef) {
+            super(typeDef, Long.class);
         }
 
         @Override
-        public Long deserialize(String stringRepresentation) {
-            return Long.parseLong(stringRepresentation);
+        public Long deserialize(final String stringRepresentation) {
+            int base = provideBase(stringRepresentation);
+            if (base == 16) {
+                return Long.valueOf(normalizeHexadecimal(stringRepresentation), base);
+            }
+            return Long.valueOf(stringRepresentation, base);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String serialize(final Long data) {
+            return data == null ? "" : data.toString();
         }
     };
 
-    public static class Int8Codec extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Byte> {
+    public static class Int8CodecStringImpl extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Byte, IntegerTypeDefinition> implements
+            Int8Codec<String> {
+
+        protected Int8CodecStringImpl(final Optional<IntegerTypeDefinition> typeDef) {
+            super(typeDef, Byte.class);
+        }
 
-        protected Int8Codec(TypeDefinition<?> typeDefinition) {
-            super(typeDefinition, Byte.class);
+        @Override
+        public Byte deserialize(final String stringRepresentation) {
+            int base = provideBase(stringRepresentation);
+            if (base == 16) {
+                return Byte.valueOf(normalizeHexadecimal(stringRepresentation), base);
+            }
+            return Byte.valueOf(stringRepresentation, base);
         }
 
         @Override
-        public Byte deserialize(String stringRepresentation) {
-            return Byte.parseByte(stringRepresentation);
+        public String serialize(final Byte data) {
+            return data == null ? "" : data.toString();
         }
     };
 
-    public static class EmptyCodec extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Void> {
+    public static class EmptyCodecStringImpl extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Void, EmptyTypeDefinition> implements
+            EmptyCodec<String> {
 
-        protected EmptyCodec(TypeDefinition<?> typeDefinition) {
-            super(typeDefinition, Void.class);
+        protected EmptyCodecStringImpl(final Optional<EmptyTypeDefinition> typeDef) {
+            super(typeDef, Void.class);
         }
 
         @Override
-        public String serialize(Void data) {
+        public String serialize(final Void data) {
             return "";
         }
 
         @Override
-        public Void deserialize(String stringRepresentation) {
+        public Void deserialize(final String stringRepresentation) {
+            Preconditions.checkArgument( Strings.isNullOrEmpty( stringRepresentation ),
+                                         "The value must be empty" );
             return null;
         }
     };
 
-    public static final class BinaryCodec extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<byte[]> {
+    public static final class BinaryCodecStringImpl extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<byte[], BinaryTypeDefinition>
+            implements BinaryCodec<String> {
 
-        protected BinaryCodec(TypeDefinition<?> typeDefinition) {
-            super(typeDefinition, byte[].class);
+        protected BinaryCodecStringImpl(final Optional<BinaryTypeDefinition> typeDef) {
+            super(typeDef, byte[].class);
         }
 
         @Override
-        public String serialize(byte[] data) {
-            // FIXME By YANG Spec
-            return null;
+        public String serialize(final byte[] data) {
+            return data == null ? "" : BaseEncoding.base64().encode(data);
         }
 
         @Override
-        public byte[] deserialize(String stringRepresentation) {
-            // FIXME By YANG Spec
-            return null;
+        public byte[] deserialize(final String stringRepresentation) {
+            return stringRepresentation == null ? null : DatatypeConverter.parseBase64Binary(stringRepresentation);
         }
     };
 
-    public static final class BitsCodec extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Set<String>> {
+    public static final class BitsCodecStringImpl extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Set<String>, BitsTypeDefinition>
+            implements BitsCodec<String> {
+
+        public static final Joiner JOINER = Joiner.on(" ").skipNulls();
+        public static final Splitter SPLITTER = Splitter.on(' ').omitEmptyStrings().trimResults();
 
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-        protected BitsCodec(TypeDefinition<?> typeDefinition) {
-            super(typeDefinition, (Class<Set<String>>) ((Class<?>) Set.class));
+        protected BitsCodecStringImpl(final Optional<BitsTypeDefinition> typeDef) {
+            super(typeDef, (Class<Set<String>>) ((Class<?>) Set.class));
         }
 
         @Override
-        public String serialize(Set<String> data) {
-            return Joiner.on(" ").join(data).toString();
+        public String serialize(final Set<String> data) {
+            return data == null ? "" : JOINER.join(data);
         }
 
         @Override
-        public Set<String> deserialize(String stringRepresentation) {
-            String[] strings = stringRepresentation.split(" ");
+        public Set<String> deserialize(final String stringRepresentation) {
+            if (stringRepresentation == null) {
+                return ImmutableSet.of();
+            }
+
+            Iterable<String> strings = SPLITTER.split(stringRepresentation);
+
+            if( getTypeDefinition().isPresent() ) {
+                Set<String> allowedNames = Sets.newHashSet();
+                for( BitsTypeDefinition.Bit bit: getTypeDefinition().get().getBits() ) {
+                    allowedNames.add( bit.getName() );
+                }
+
+                for( String bit: strings ) {
+                    if( !allowedNames.contains( bit ) ) {
+                        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                            "Invalid value \"" + bit + "\" for bits type. Allowed values are: " +
+                            allowedNames );
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             return ImmutableSet.copyOf(strings);
         }
     };
 
-    public static class EnumCodec extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<String> {
+    public static class EnumCodecStringImpl extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<String, EnumTypeDefinition> implements
+            EnumCodec<String> {
 
-        protected EnumCodec(TypeDefinition<?> typeDefinition) {
-            super(typeDefinition, String.class);
+        protected EnumCodecStringImpl(final Optional<EnumTypeDefinition> typeDef) {
+            super(typeDef, String.class);
         }
 
         @Override
-        public String deserialize(String stringRepresentation) {
+        public String deserialize(final String stringRepresentation) {
+            if( getTypeDefinition().isPresent() ) {
+                Set<String> allowedNames = Sets.newHashSet();
+                for( EnumPair pair: getTypeDefinition().get().getValues() ) {
+                    allowedNames.add( pair.getName() );
+                }
+
+                if( !allowedNames.contains( stringRepresentation ) ) {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                        "Invalid value \"" + stringRepresentation + "\" for enum type. Allowed values are: " +
+                        allowedNames );
+                }
+            }
+
             return stringRepresentation;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public String serialize(final String data) {
+            return data == null ? "" : data;
+        }
     };
 
-    public static class DecimalCodec extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<BigDecimal> {
+    public static class DecimalCodecStringImpl extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<BigDecimal, DecimalTypeDefinition>
+            implements DecimalCodec<String> {
 
-        protected DecimalCodec(TypeDefinition<?> typeDefinition) {
-            super(typeDefinition, BigDecimal.class);
+        protected DecimalCodecStringImpl(final Optional<DecimalTypeDefinition> typeDef) {
+            super(typeDef, BigDecimal.class);
         }
 
         @Override
-        public String serialize(BigDecimal data) {
-            return data.toString();
+        public String serialize(final BigDecimal data) {
+            return data == null ? "" : data.toString();
         }
 
         @Override
-        public BigDecimal deserialize(String stringRepresentation) {
+        public BigDecimal deserialize(final String stringRepresentation) {
+            Preconditions.checkArgument( stringRepresentation != null , "Input cannot be null" );
             return new BigDecimal(stringRepresentation);
         }
     };
+
+    public static class UnionCodecStringImpl extends TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Object, UnionTypeDefinition> implements
+            UnionCodec<String> {
+
+        protected UnionCodecStringImpl(final Optional<UnionTypeDefinition> typeDef) {
+            super(typeDef, Object.class);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String serialize(final Object data) {
+            return data == null ? "" : data.toString();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Object deserialize(final String stringRepresentation) {
+            if( getTypeDefinition().isPresent() ) {
+                boolean valid = false;
+                for( TypeDefinition<?> type: getTypeDefinition().get().getTypes() ) {
+                    TypeDefinitionAwareCodec<Object, ? extends TypeDefinition<?>> typeAwareCodec = from( type );
+                    if( typeAwareCodec == null ) {
+                        // This is a type for which we have no codec (eg identity ref) so we'll say it's valid
+                        // but we'll continue in case there's another type for which we do have a codec.
+                        valid = true;
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    try {
+                        typeAwareCodec.deserialize( stringRepresentation );
+                        valid = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    catch( Exception e ) {
+                        // invalid - try the next union type.
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if( !valid ) {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                                        "Invalid value \"" + stringRepresentation + "\" for union type." );
+                }
+            }
+
+            return stringRepresentation;
+        }
+    };
 }