org.apache.jcs.engine
Class CacheUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.jcs.engine.CacheUtils

public final class CacheUtils
extends java.lang.Object

This will be superceded by the new pluggable serializer infastructure.

basic utility functions

TODO move to util

Method Summary

static java.io.Serializable	deserialize(byte[] buf) Returns the object deserialized from the given byte array.
static java.io.Serializable	dup(java.io.Serializable obj) Returns a deeply cloned object.
static byte[]	serialize(java.io.Serializable obj) Returns the serialized form of the given object in a byte array.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

dup

public static java.io.Serializable dup(java.io.Serializable obj)
                                throws java.io.IOException

Returns a deeply cloned object.

Parameters:

obj -

Returns:

Throws:

java.io.IOException

serialize

public static byte[] serialize(java.io.Serializable obj)
                        throws java.io.IOException

Returns the serialized form of the given object in a byte array.

Parameters:

obj -

Returns:

Throws:

java.io.IOException

deserialize

public static java.io.Serializable deserialize(byte[] buf)
                                        throws java.io.IOException

Returns the object deserialized from the given byte array.

Parameters:

buf -

Returns:

Throws:

java.io.IOException