jdbm.helper
Interface Serializer

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BPage, ByteArraySerializer, DefaultSerializer, IntegerSerializer, LongSerializer

public interface Serializer
extends Serializable

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

Author:

Alex Boisvert

Method Summary

Object	deserialize(byte[] serialized) Deserialize the content of an object from a byte array.
byte[]	serialize(Object obj) Serialize the content of an object into a byte array.

Method Detail

serialize

byte[] serialize(Object obj)
                 throws IOException

Serialize the content of an object into a byte array.

Parameters:

obj - Object to serialize

Returns:

a byte array representing the object's state

Throws:

IOException

deserialize

Object deserialize(byte[] serialized)
                   throws IOException

Deserialize the content of an object from a byte array.

Parameters:

serialized - Byte array representation of the object

Returns:

deserialized object

Throws:

IOException