org.springframework.core.serializer

Interface Serializer<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultSerializer

public interface Serializer<T>

A strategy interface for streaming an object to an OutputStream.

Since:

3.0.5

Author:

Gary Russell, Mark Fisher

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	serialize(T object, java.io.OutputStream outputStream) Write an object of type T to the given OutputStream.

Method Detail

serialize

void serialize(T object,
             java.io.OutputStream outputStream)
               throws java.io.IOException

Write an object of type T to the given OutputStream.

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

Parameters:

object - the object to serialize

outputStream - the output stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - in case of errors writing to the stream