# 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.