com.sun.mdm.index.util
Class Serializer

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.mdm.index.util.Serializer

public class Serializer

extends java.lang.Object

Utility methods to serialize/de-serialize an object to/from a byte array

Constructor Summary

Serializer()
Creates new Serializer

Method Summary

static java.lang.Object	bytesToObject(byte[] bArray) de-serialize an object from a byte array
static void	main(java.lang.String[] argv) for testing purpose only
static byte[]	objectToBytes(java.lang.Object obj) Serialize an object to a byte array

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Serializer

public Serializer()

Creates new Serializer

Method Detail

bytesToObject

public static java.lang.Object bytesToObject(byte[] bArray)
                                      throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException,
                                             java.io.OptionalDataException,
                                             java.io.IOException

de-serialize an object from a byte array

Parameters:

bArray - byte array representation of the object

Returns:

an object de-serialized from the byte array, null if errors occurred during the process

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - Class of a serialized object cannot be found

java.io.OptionalDataException - Primitive data was found in the stream instead of objects.

java.io.IOException - failed or interrupted io operation

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] argv)

for testing purpose only

Parameters:

argv - comman line arguments. This main does not take any.

objectToBytes

public static byte[] objectToBytes(java.lang.Object obj)

Serialize an object to a byte array

Parameters:

obj - object to be serialized

Returns:

a byte array representing the serialized object, null if errors occurred during the process