jdbm.helper
Class DefaultSerializer

java.lang.Object
  jdbm.helper.DefaultSerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Serializer

public class DefaultSerializer
extends java.lang.Object
implements Serializer

Default java serializer.

Version:

$Id: DefaultSerializer.java,v 1.2 2003/09/21 15:47:00 boisvert Exp $

Author:

Alex Boisvert

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static DefaultSerializer

INSTANCE

Constructor Summary

DefaultSerializer()
Construct a DefaultSerializer.

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

INSTANCE

public static final DefaultSerializer INSTANCE

Constructor Detail

DefaultSerializer

public DefaultSerializer()

Construct a DefaultSerializer.

Method Detail

serialize

public byte[] serialize(java.lang.Object obj)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Serialize the content of an object into a byte array.

Specified by:

serialize in interface Serializer

Parameters:

obj - Object to serialize

Returns:

a byte array representing the object's state

Throws:

java.io.IOException

deserialize

public java.lang.Object deserialize(byte[] serialized)
                             throws java.io.IOException

Deserialize the content of an object from a byte array.

Specified by:

deserialize in interface Serializer

Parameters:

serialized - Byte array representation of the object

Returns:

deserialized object

Throws:

java.io.IOException