Package org.drasyl.serialization

Interface Serializer

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanSerializer, ByteArraySerializer, ByteSerializer, CharacterSerializer, DisabledSerializer, DoubleSerializer, FloatSerializer, IntegerSerializer, JacksonJsonSerializer, JavaSerializer, LongSerializer, NullSerializer, ProtobufSerializer, ShortSerializer, StringSerializer

public interface Serializer

A Serializer represents a bimap between an object and an array of bytes representing that object.

Make sure that your implementation implements the standard constructor!

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<T> T	fromByteArray(byte[] bytes, Class<T> type)	Produces an object of type T from an array of bytes.
default Object	fromByteArray(byte[] bytes, String typeName)
byte[]	toByteArray(Object o)	Serializes the given object into an array of bytes

Method Detail

toByteArray

byte[] toByteArray(Object o)
            throws IOException

Serializes the given object into an array of bytes

Throws:

IOException - if deserialization from byte array fails

fromByteArray

<T> T fromByteArray(byte[] bytes,
                    Class<T> type)
             throws IOException

Produces an object of type T from an array of bytes.

Throws:

IOException - if serialization to byte array fails

fromByteArray

default Object fromByteArray(byte[] bytes,
                             String typeName)
                      throws IOException

Throws:

IOException