voldemort.serialization.avro
Class AvroGenericSerializer

java.lang.Object
  voldemort.serialization.avro.AvroGenericSerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializer<java.lang.Object>

public class AvroGenericSerializer
extends java.lang.Object
implements Serializer<java.lang.Object>

Avro serializer that uses the generic representation for Avro data. This representation is best for applications which deal with dynamic data, whose schemas are not known until runtime.

Constructor Summary

AvroGenericSerializer(java.lang.String schema)
Constructor accepting the schema definition as a JSON string.

Method Summary

byte[]	toBytes(java.lang.Object object) Construct an array of bytes from the given object
java.lang.Object	toObject(byte[] bytes) Create an object from an array of bytes

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AvroGenericSerializer

public AvroGenericSerializer(java.lang.String schema)

Constructor accepting the schema definition as a JSON string.

Parameters:

schema - a serialized JSON object representing a Avro schema.

Method Detail

toBytes

public byte[] toBytes(java.lang.Object object)

Description copied from interface: Serializer

Construct an array of bytes from the given object

Specified by:

toBytes in interface Serializer<java.lang.Object>

Parameters:

object - The object

Returns:

The bytes taken from the object

toObject

public java.lang.Object toObject(byte[] bytes)

Description copied from interface: Serializer

Create an object from an array of bytes

Specified by:

toObject in interface Serializer<java.lang.Object>

Parameters:

bytes - An array of bytes with the objects data

Returns:

A java object serialzed from the bytes