edu.northwestern.at.utils

Interface Serializer

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompressedSerializer

public interface Serializer

Interface for object serialization to and from an array of bytes.

Method Summary

Methods

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

Method Detail

serializeToBytes

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

Serialize an object to an array of bytes.

Parameters:

object - The object to serialize.

Returns:

Serialized object as an array of bytes.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

deserializeFromBytes

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

Deserialize an object from an array of bytes.

Parameters:

serializedObject - Array of bytes containing a serialized object.

Returns:

The deserialized object.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException