org.mongodb.morphia.mapping

Class Serializer

java.lang.Object

org.mongodb.morphia.mapping.Serializer

public final class Serializer
extends Object

Author:

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Object	deserialize(Object data, boolean zipped) deserializes DBBinary/byte[] to object
static byte[]	serialize(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(Object o,
                               boolean zip)
                        throws IOException

serializes object to byte[]

Parameters:

o - the object to serialize

zip - true if the data should be compressed

Returns:

the serialized bytes

Throws:

IOException - thrown when an error is encountered writing the data

deserialize

public static Object deserialize(Object data,
                                 boolean zipped)
                          throws IOException,
                                 ClassNotFoundException

deserializes DBBinary/byte[] to object

Parameters:

data - the data to read

zipped - true if the data is compressed

Returns:

the deserialized object

Throws:

IOException - thrown when an error is encountered reading the data

ClassNotFoundException - thrown if the Class definition can not be found