# Package org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.serialization

Encoder, decoder and their compatibility stream implementations which transform a `Serializable` object into a byte buffer and vice versa.

See: Description

- Interface Summary
  Interface | Description
  --- | ---
  ClassResolver | please use `ClassResolvers` as instance factory

- Class Summary
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  ClassResolvers |
  CompatibleObjectDecoder | Deprecated This decoder has a known critical bug which fails to decode and raises a random exception in some circumstances.
  CompatibleObjectEncoder | An encoder which serializes a Java object into a `ChannelBuffer` (interoperability version).
  ObjectDecoder | A decoder which deserializes the received `ChannelBuffer`s into Java objects.
  ObjectDecoderInputStream | An `ObjectInput` which is interoperable with `ObjectEncoder` and `ObjectEncoderOutputStream`.
  ObjectEncoder | An encoder which serializes a Java object into a `ChannelBuffer`.
  ObjectEncoderOutputStream | An `ObjectOutput` which is interoperable with `ObjectDecoder` and `ObjectDecoderInputStream`.
  SoftReferenceMap<K,V> |
  WeakReferenceMap<K,V> |

## Package org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.serialization Description

Encoder, decoder and their compatibility stream implementations which transform a `Serializable` object into a byte buffer and vice versa.

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