org.apache.jcs.engine.behavior
Interface IElementSerializer

All Known Implementing Classes:

StandardSerializer

public interface IElementSerializer

Defines the behavior for cache element serializers. This layer of abstraction allows us to plug in different serialization mechanisms, such as XStream.

Author:

Aaron Smuts

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	deSerialize(byte[] bytes) Turns a byte array into an object.
byte[]	serialize(java.io.Serializable obj) Turns an object into a byte array.

Method Detail

serialize

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

Turns an object into a byte array.

Parameters:

obj -

Returns:

Throws:

java.io.IOException

deSerialize

java.lang.Object deSerialize(byte[] bytes)
                             throws java.io.IOException,
                                    java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Turns a byte array into an object.

Parameters:

bytes -

Returns:

Throws:

java.io.IOException

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - thrown if we don't know the object.