com.googlecode.xremoting.core.spi

Interface Serializer

All Known Implementing Classes:

XStreamSerializer

public interface Serializer

Central interface for message serialization/deserialization. Knows how to serialize an object to a stream, and how to get an object from a stream.

To add support for custom serialization mechanism, implement this interface and then use its instance on client and server sides.

Author:

Roman Puchkovskiy

See Also:

XStreamSerializer

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> T	deserialize(InputStream is) Deserializes an object an InputStream.
void	serialize(Object object, OutputStream os) Serializes an object to an OutputStream.

Method Detail

serialize

void serialize(Object object,
               OutputStream os)
        throws SerializationException,
               IOException

Serializes an object to an OutputStream.

Parameters:

object - object to serialize

os - output stream to which to serialize

Throws:

SerializationException - if something specific to serializer happened during the serialization

IOException - if input/output error happened

deserialize

<T> T deserialize(InputStream is)
           throws SerializationException,
                  IOException

Deserializes an object an InputStream.

Type Parameters:

T - returned type

Parameters:

is - input stream from which to deserialize

Returns:

deserialized object

Throws:

SerializationException - if something specific to serializer happened during the serialization

IOException - if input/output error happened