org.apache.pivot.serialization
Class BinarySerializer

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.pivot.serialization.BinarySerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializer<Object>

public class BinarySerializer
extends Object
implements Serializer<Object>

Implementation of the Serializer interface that uses Java's internal serialization mechanism to read and write values. All values in the object hierarchy are required to implement Serializable.

Field Summary

static String	CLASS_PARAMETER
static String	MIME_TYPE

Constructor Summary

BinarySerializer()

Method Summary

String	getMIMEType(Object object) Returns the MIME type of the data read and written by this serializer.
Object	readObject(InputStream inputStream) Reads a graph of serialized objects from an input stream.
void	writeObject(Object object, OutputStream outputStream) Writes a graph of serializable objects to an output stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MIME_TYPE

public static final String MIME_TYPE

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Constant Field Values

CLASS_PARAMETER

public static final String CLASS_PARAMETER

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

BinarySerializer

public BinarySerializer()

Method Detail

readObject

public Object readObject(InputStream inputStream)
                  throws IOException,
                         SerializationException

Reads a graph of serialized objects from an input stream.

Specified by:

readObject in interface Serializer<Object>

Parameters:

inputStream - The data stream from which the object will be read.

Returns:

The deserialized object.

Throws:

IOException

SerializationException

writeObject

public void writeObject(Object object,
                        OutputStream outputStream)
                 throws IOException,
                        SerializationException

Writes a graph of serializable objects to an output stream.

Specified by:

writeObject in interface Serializer<Object>

Parameters:

object - The object to serialize.

outputStream - The data stream to which the object will be written.

Throws:

IOException

SerializationException

getMIMEType

public String getMIMEType(Object object)

Description copied from interface: Serializer

Returns the MIME type of the data read and written by this serializer.

Specified by:

getMIMEType in interface Serializer<Object>

Parameters:

object - If provided, allows the serializer to attach parameters to the returned MIME type containing more detailed information about the data. If null, the base MIME type is returned.