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

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static ByteArraySerializer	INSTANCE Static instance.
(package private) static long	serialVersionUID Version id for serialization.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ByteArraySerializer()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
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

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

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

static final long serialVersionUID

Version id for serialization.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

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