Package se.l4.commons.serialization.standard

Class ByteArraySerializer

java.lang.Object

se.l4.commons.serialization.standard.ByteArraySerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializer<byte[]>, SerializerOrResolver<byte[]>

public class ByteArraySerializer
extends Object
implements Serializer<byte[]>

Serializer for byte arrays as they have special meaning in StreamingInput and StreamingOutput.

Author:

Andreas Holstenson

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface se.l4.commons.serialization.Serializer

Serializer.NullHandling

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ByteArraySerializer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
SerializerFormatDefinition	getFormatDefinition()	Get the definition that describes what this serializer can read and write.
byte[]	read(StreamingInput in)	Read an object from the specified stream.
void	write(byte[] object, String name, StreamingOutput stream)	Write and object to the specified stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface se.l4.commons.serialization.Serializer

fromBytes, fromBytes, toBytes, toBytes

Constructor Details

ByteArraySerializer

public ByteArraySerializer()

Method Details

read

public byte[] read(StreamingInput in) throws IOException

Description copied from interface: Serializer

Read an object from the specified stream.

Specified by:

read in interface Serializer<byte[]>

Returns:

Throws:

IOException

write

public void write(byte[] object, String name, StreamingOutput stream) throws IOException

Description copied from interface: Serializer

Write and object to the specified stream.

Specified by:

write in interface Serializer<byte[]>

Parameters:

object - object to write, if the serializer implements Serializer.NullHandling this may be null, if not the serializer can assume it is not null

name - the name the object should have, should be passed along to the output

stream - the stream to use for writing

Throws:

IOException - if unable to write the object

getFormatDefinition

public SerializerFormatDefinition getFormatDefinition()

Description copied from interface: Serializer

Get the definition that describes what this serializer can read and write.

Specified by:

getFormatDefinition in interface Serializer<byte[]>

Returns: