Serializer (Morphia)

java.lang.Object
- dev.morphia.mapping.Serializer

public final class Serializer
extends java.lang.Object

Author:: Uwe Schaefer, (us@thomas-daily.de)

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static java.lang.Object`	`deserialize(java.lang.Object data, boolean zipped)`	deserializes DBBinary/byte[] to object
`static byte[]`	`serialize(java.lang.Object o, boolean zip)`	serializes object to byte[]

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - serialize
```
public static byte[] serialize(java.lang.Object o,
                               boolean zip)
                        throws java.io.IOException
```
    serializes object to byte[]
    
    Parameters:
    
    o - the object to serialize
    
    zip - true if the data should be compressed
    
    Returns:
    
    the serialized bytes
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - thrown when an error is encountered writing the data
  - deserialize
```
public static java.lang.Object deserialize(java.lang.Object data,
                                           boolean zipped)
                                    throws java.io.IOException,
                                           java.lang.ClassNotFoundException
```
    deserializes DBBinary/byte[] to object
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the data to read
    
    zipped - true if the data is compressed
    
    Returns:
    
    the deserialized object
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - thrown when an error is encountered reading the data
    
    java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - thrown if the Class definition can not be found