de.iip_ecosphere.platform.transport.serialization

Interface Serializer<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type to be serialized

All Superinterfaces:

InputTypeTranslator<byte[],T>, OutputTypeTranslator<T,byte[]>, TypeTranslator<T,byte[]>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AlertSerializer, StatusMessageSerializer, StringSerializer, TraceRecordSerializer

public interface Serializer<T>
extends TypeTranslator<T,byte[]>

A data serializer (so far for homogeneous streams, may require unique ids). Open: Do we have to cope with null values here?

Author:

Holger Eichelberger, SSE

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	clone(T origin) Creates a new value instance and copies the values from origin to the new instance.
Class<T>	getType() The type to be handled by this serializer.

Methods inherited from interface de.iip_ecosphere.platform.transport.serialization.InputTypeTranslator

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Methods inherited from interface de.iip_ecosphere.platform.transport.serialization.OutputTypeTranslator

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Method Detail

clone

T clone(T origin)
 throws IOException

Creates a new value instance and copies the values from origin to the new instance. Use the SerializerRegistry to implement cloning of nested object values.

Parameters:

origin - the object to clone

Returns:

the cloned object

Throws:

IOException - in case that cloning/serialization operations fail

getType

Class<T> getType()

The type to be handled by this serializer.

Returns:

the type