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Interface Serializer<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of object to serialize.

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSerializer

public interface Serializer<T>

A Serializer is able to convert a Java object into a formatted byte stream. It is expected this byte stream can be reconstituted back into a Java object with a matching Deserializer.

Since:

0.10.0

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte[]	serialize(T t) Deprecated. since 0.12.0 in favor of serialize(Object, OutputStream)
void	serialize(T t, OutputStream out) Converts the specified Java object into a formatted data byte stream, writing the bytes to the specified output stream.

Method Detail

serialize

@Deprecated
byte[] serialize(T t)
                 throws SerializationException

Deprecated. since 0.12.0 in favor of serialize(Object, OutputStream)

Converts the specified Java object into a formatted data byte array.

Parameters:

t - the object to serialize

Returns:

the serialized byte array representing the specified object.

Throws:

SerializationException - if there is a problem converting the object to a byte array.

serialize

void serialize(T t,
             OutputStream out)
               throws SerializationException

Converts the specified Java object into a formatted data byte stream, writing the bytes to the specified output stream.

Parameters:

t - the object to convert to a byte stream

out - the stream to write to

Throws:

SerializationException - if there is a problem converting the object to a byte stream or writing the bytes to the output stream.

Since:

0.12.0