jdbm.helper
Class ByteArraySerializer

java.lang.Object
  jdbm.helper.ByteArraySerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Serializer

public final class ByteArraySerializer
extends java.lang.Object
implements Serializer

Serializer for byte arrays -- simple returns the byte array itself. No actual serialization is performed.

Version:

$Id: ByteArraySerializer.java,v 1.1 2003/03/21 02:48:42 boisvert Exp $

Author:

Alex Boisvert

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static ByteArraySerializer

INSTANCE Static instance.

Constructor Summary

ByteArraySerializer()

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 ByteArraySerializer INSTANCE

Static instance.

Constructor Detail

ByteArraySerializer

public ByteArraySerializer()

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