voldemort.serialization
Class ObjectSerializer<T>

java.lang.Object
  voldemort.serialization.ObjectSerializer<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the object

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializer<T>

public class ObjectSerializer<T>
extends java.lang.Object
implements Serializer<T>

Transform java objects into bytes using java's built in serialization mechanism

Constructor Summary

ObjectSerializer()

Method Summary

byte[]	toBytes(T object) Transform the given object into an array of bytes
T	toObject(byte[] bytes) Transform the given bytes into an object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ObjectSerializer

public ObjectSerializer()

Method Detail

toBytes

public byte[] toBytes(T object)

Transform the given object into an array of bytes

Specified by:

toBytes in interface Serializer<T>

Parameters:

object - The object to be serialized

Returns:

The bytes created from serializing the object

toObject

public T toObject(byte[] bytes)

Transform the given bytes into an object.

Specified by:

toObject in interface Serializer<T>

Parameters:

bytes - The bytes to construct the object from

Returns:

The object constructed