javax.cache
Interface Serializer<V>

Type Parameters:

V - the type of cached values

public interface Serializer<V>

Tagging interface for a binary representation of a value or key. A vendor implementation may be a wrapper of a byte array, an interface to a stream or to a NIO buffer.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Yannis Cosmadopoulos

Nested Class Summary

static interface

Serializer.Binary<V> Internal storage

Method Summary

Serializer.Binary<V>

createBinary(V value) Convert a value to a binary.

Method Detail

createBinary

Serializer.Binary<V> createBinary(V value)

Convert a value to a binary.

Parameters:

value - the value

Returns:

binary representation of value

Throws:

CacheException - is an error occurred during serialization

NullPointerException - if value is null