001    /*
002      GRANITE DATA SERVICES
003      Copyright (C) 2011 GRANITE DATA SERVICES S.A.S.
004    
005      This file is part of Granite Data Services.
006    
007      Granite Data Services is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
008      it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
009      the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
010      option) any later version.
011    
012      Granite Data Services is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
013      WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
014      FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License
015      for more details.
016    
017      You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
018      along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
019    */
020    
021    package org.granite.messaging.amf.io.util.externalizer;
022    
023    import java.io.IOException;
024    import java.io.ObjectInput;
025    import java.io.ObjectOutput;
026    import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
027    import java.util.List;
028    
029    import org.granite.messaging.amf.io.util.Property;
030    import org.granite.util.XMap;
031    
032    /**
033     * @author Franck WOLFF
034     */
035    public interface Externalizer {
036    
037            public void configure(XMap properties);
038            
039        public Object newInstance(String type, ObjectInput in)
040            throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException, InstantiationException, InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException;
041    
042        public void readExternal(Object o, ObjectInput in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException, IllegalAccessException;
043    
044        public void writeExternal(Object o, ObjectOutput out) throws IOException, IllegalAccessException;
045    
046        public List<Property> findOrderedFields(Class<?> clazz);
047    
048        public int accept(Class<?> clazz);
049    }