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+/*
+ * #%L
+ * Alfresco Records Management Module
+ * %%
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2016 Alfresco Software Limited
+ * %%
+ * This file is part of the Alfresco software.
+ * -
+ * If the software was purchased under a paid Alfresco license, the terms of
+ * the paid license agreement will prevail.  Otherwise, the software is
+ * provided under the following open source license terms:
+ * -
+ * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * -
+ * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ * -
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * #L%
+ */
+package org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.util;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
+
+import org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.model.fileplancomponents.ReviewPeriod;
+
+
+/**
+ * Utility class for serializing the  Review Period type
+ *
+ * @author Rodica Sutu
+ * @since 2.6
+ */
+public class ReviewPeriodSerializer extends JsonSerializer<ReviewPeriod>
+{
+
+    @Override
+    public void serialize(ReviewPeriod value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider serializers) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException
+    {
+       gen.writeString(String.valueOf(new StringBuilder().append(value.getPeriodType()).append("|").append(value.getExpression())));
+
+    }
+}
+
+