org.ehcache.spi.serialization

Interface Serializer<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the instances to serialize

All Known Subinterfaces:

StatefulSerializer<T>

public interface Serializer<T>

Defines the contract used to transform type instances to and from a serial form.

Implementations must be thread-safe.

When used within the default serialization provider, there is an additional requirement. The implementations must define a constructor that takes in a ClassLoader. The ClassLoader value may be null. If not null, the class loader instance provided should be used during deserialization to load classes needed by the deserialized objects.

The serialized object's class must be preserved; deserialization of the serial form of an object must return an object of the same class. The following contract must always be true:

object.getClass().equals( mySerializer.read(mySerializer.serialize(object)).getClass())

See Also:

SerializationProvider

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(T object, java.nio.ByteBuffer binary) Checks if the given instance and serial form represent the same instance.
T	read(java.nio.ByteBuffer binary) Reconstructs an instance from the given serial form.
java.nio.ByteBuffer	serialize(T object) Transforms the given instance into its serial form.

Method Detail

serialize

java.nio.ByteBuffer serialize(T object)
                       throws SerializerException

Transforms the given instance into its serial form.

Parameters:

object - the instance to serialize

Returns:

the binary representation of the serial form

Throws:

SerializerException - if serialization fails

read

T read(java.nio.ByteBuffer binary)
throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException,
       SerializerException

Reconstructs an instance from the given serial form.

Parameters:

binary - the binary representation of the serial form

Returns:

the de-serialized instance

Throws:

SerializerException - if reading the byte buffer fails

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if the type to de-serialize to cannot be found

equals

boolean equals(T object,
               java.nio.ByteBuffer binary)
        throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException,
               SerializerException

Checks if the given instance and serial form represent the same instance.

Parameters:

object - the instance to check

binary - the serial form to check

Returns:

true if both parameters represent equal instances, false otherwise

Throws:

SerializerException - if reading the byte buffer fails

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if the type to de-serialize to cannot be found