org.axonframework.eventstore
Interface EventSerializer

All Known Implementing Classes:

XStreamEventSerializer

public interface EventSerializer

Interface describing classes that can serialize and deserialize DomainEvents to bytes.

Since:

0.5

Author:

Allard Buijze

Method Summary

DomainEvent	deserialize(byte[] serializedEvent) Deserialize a DomainEvent using the given serializedEvents.
byte[]	serialize(DomainEvent event) Serialize the given events into a byte[].

Method Detail

serialize

byte[] serialize(DomainEvent event)

Serialize the given events into a byte[]. The actual encoding used depends on the implementation.

Parameters:

event - The event to serialize

Returns:

the byte array representing the serialized domain event.

deserialize

DomainEvent deserialize(byte[] serializedEvent)

Deserialize a DomainEvent using the given serializedEvents. Implementations are *not* allowed to change the given serializedEvent (byte array).

Parameters:

serializedEvent - The byte array containing the serialized domain event.

Returns:

The DomainEvent instance represented by the provided byte array