Package org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.io

Class IUDeserializer

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.io.IUDeserializer

public class IUDeserializer
extends Object

This class allows to deserialize IInstallableUnits that have been serialized with IUSerializer. The deserializer is able to read data that have been serialized with previous versions of the serializer.

Since:

1.2

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
IUDeserializer()	Construct a new instance of the deserializer.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Collection<IInstallableUnit>	read(InputStream input)	Deserialize a set of IInstallableUnit from the input stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

IUDeserializer

public IUDeserializer()

Construct a new instance of the deserializer.

Method Details

read

public Collection<IInstallableUnit> read(InputStream input)
                                  throws IOException

Deserialize a set of IInstallableUnit from the input stream.

Parameters:

input - the input stream to deserialize IInstallableUnits from.

Returns:

the collection of IInstallableUnits read from the input stream.

Throws:

IOException