edu.northwestern.at.utils

Class CompressedSerializer

java.lang.Object

edu.northwestern.at.utils.CompressedSerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializer

public class CompressedSerializer
extends java.lang.Object
implements Serializer

Serialize and unserialize objects with GZIP compression.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CompressedSerializer() Create a compressed serializer.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	deserializeFromBytes(byte[] serializedObject) Deserialize an object from a compressed array of bytes.
byte[]	serializeToBytes(java.lang.Object object) Serialize an object to a compressed array of bytes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CompressedSerializer

public CompressedSerializer()

Create a compressed serializer.

Method Detail

serializeToBytes

public byte[] serializeToBytes(java.lang.Object object)
                        throws java.io.IOException

Serialize an object to a compressed array of bytes.

Specified by:

serializeToBytes in interface Serializer

Parameters:

object - The object to serialize.

Returns:

Serialized object as a compressed array of bytes.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

deserializeFromBytes

public java.lang.Object deserializeFromBytes(byte[] serializedObject)
                                      throws java.io.IOException,
                                             java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Deserialize an object from a compressed array of bytes.

Specified by:

deserializeFromBytes in interface Serializer

Parameters:

serializedObject - Array of bytes containing a compressed serialized object.

Returns:

The deserialized object.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException