jdbm
Interface Serializer<A>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BPage, DefaultSerializer

public interface Serializer<A>

Interface used to provide a serialization mechanism other than a class' normal serialization.

Author:

Alex Boisvert

Method Summary

A	deserialize(SerializerInput in) Deserialize the content of an object from a byte array.
void	serialize(SerializerOutput out, A obj) Serialize the content of an object into a byte array.

Method Detail

serialize

void serialize(SerializerOutput out,
               A obj)
               throws java.io.IOException

Serialize the content of an object into a byte array.

Parameters:

out - DataOutputStream to save object into

obj - Object to serialize

Throws:

java.io.IOException

deserialize

A deserialize(SerializerInput in)
              throws java.io.IOException,
                     java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Deserialize the content of an object from a byte array.

Parameters:

serialized - DataInputStream to read object from

Returns:

deserialized object

Throws:

java.io.IOException

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException