org.kocakosm.pitaya.io

Class ObjectCodec

java.lang.Object

org.kocakosm.pitaya.io.ObjectCodec

public final class ObjectCodec
extends Object

Serialization utilities.

Author:

Osman KOCAK

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	ObjectCodec.DecodingException Thrown on deserialization error.
static class	ObjectCodec.EncodingException Thrown on serialization error.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Serializable	decode(byte[] bytes) Deserializes the given array of bytes into an object.
static <T extends Serializable> T	decode(byte[] bytes, Class<T> t) Deserializes the given array of bytes into an object.
static byte[]	encode(Serializable object) Serializes the given Serializable object into an array of bytes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

encode

public static byte[] encode(Serializable object)

Serializes the given Serializable object into an array of bytes.

Parameters:

object - the object to encode.

Returns:

the given object's encoding.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if object is null.

ObjectCodec.EncodingException - if the given object cannot be serialized.

decode

public static Serializable decode(byte[] bytes)

Deserializes the given array of bytes into an object.

Parameters:

bytes - the object's encoding.

Returns:

the deserialized object.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if bytes is null.

ObjectCodec.DecodingException - if the deserialization fails.

decode

public static <T extends Serializable> T decode(byte[] bytes,
                                Class<T> t)

Deserializes the given array of bytes into an object.

Type Parameters:

T - the object's expected type.

Parameters:

bytes - the object's encoding.

t - the object's expected type's Class.

Returns:

the deserialized object.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if one of the arguments is null.

ObjectCodec.DecodingException - if the deserialization fails.

ClassCastException - if the deserialized object is not an instance of the expected class.