jdbm.helper
Interface Serializer

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BPage, ByteArraySerializer, DefaultSerializer, IntegerSerializer, LongSerializer

public interface Serializer
extends java.io.Serializable

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

Version:

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

Author:

Alex Boisvert

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.

Method Detail

serialize

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

java.io.IOException

deserialize

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

Deserialize the content of an object from a byte array.

Parameters:

serialized - Byte array representation of the object

Returns:

deserialized object

Throws:

java.io.IOException