org.ssf4j

Interface Serialization

public interface Serialization

Facade interface for serialization mechanisms.

Author:

robin

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isThreadSafe() Returns true if this Serialization is thread-safe.
<T> Deserializer<T>	newDeserializer(InputStream in, Class<T> type) Create a new Deserializer that deserializes objects of type T
<T> Serializer<T>	newSerializer(OutputStream out, Class<T> type) Create a new Serializer that serializes objects of type T

Method Detail

newSerializer

<T> Serializer<T> newSerializer(OutputStream out,
                              Class<T> type)
                            throws IOException

Create a new Serializer that serializes objects of type T

Parameters:

out - An OutputStream to write to

type - The Class of the objects to write

Returns:

A new Serializer

Throws:

IOException

newDeserializer

<T> Deserializer<T> newDeserializer(InputStream in,
                                  Class<T> type)
                                throws IOException

Create a new Deserializer that deserializes objects of type T

Parameters:

in - An InputStream to read from

type - The Class of the objects to read

Returns:

A new Deserializer

Throws:

IOException

isThreadSafe

boolean isThreadSafe()

Returns true if this Serialization is thread-safe. If this method returns false then this object must also implement the Locked interface.

Returns: