com.sun.sgs.impl.service.data
Class SerialUtil

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.sgs.impl.service.data.SerialUtil

final class SerialUtil
extends Object

Defines serialization utilities. This class cannot be instantiated.

Method Summary

(package private) static void	check(Object object, ObjectIOException cause) Checks an object for direct references to managed objects, throwing an exception that contains debugging information about where the bad reference was found.
(package private) static Object	deserialize(byte[] data, ClassSerialization classSerial) Converts serialized data into an object.
(package private) static byte[]	serialize(ManagedObject object, ClassSerialization classSerial) Converts an managed object into serialized data.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

deserialize

static Object deserialize(byte[] data,
                          ClassSerialization classSerial)

Converts serialized data into an object.

Parameters:

data - the serialized data

classSerial - controls reading of class descriptors

Returns:

the object

Throws:

ObjectIOException - if a problem occurs deserializing the object

serialize

static byte[] serialize(ManagedObject object,
                        ClassSerialization classSerial)

Converts an managed object into serialized data.

Parameters:

object - the object

classSerial - controls writing of class descriptors

Returns:

the serialized data

Throws:

ObjectIOException - if a problem occurs serializing the object and, in particular, if a ManagedObject is referenced without an intervening ManagedReference

check

static void check(Object object,
                  ObjectIOException cause)

Checks an object for direct references to managed objects, throwing an exception that contains debugging information about where the bad reference was found.

Parameters:

object - the object to check

cause - the exception that prompted the check, or null

Throws:

ObjectIOException - if a direct reference to a managed object is found