org.springframework.core.serializer

Interface Deserializer<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultDeserializer

public interface Deserializer<T>

A strategy interface for converting from data in an InputStream to an Object.

Since:

3.0.5

Author:

Gary Russell, Mark Fisher

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	deserialize(InputStream inputStream) Read (assemble) an object of type T from the given InputStream.

Method Detail

deserialize

T deserialize(InputStream inputStream)
              throws IOException

Read (assemble) an object of type T from the given InputStream.

Note: Implementations should not close the given InputStream (or any decorators of that InputStream) but rather leave this up to the caller.

Parameters:

inputStream - the input stream

Returns:

the deserialized object

Throws:

IOException - in case of errors reading from the stream