org.apache.jcs.engine.behavior
Interface IElementSerializer

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompressingSerializer, 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 a compressing standard serializer.

Author:

Aaron Smuts

serialize

<T extends Serializable> byte[] serialize(T obj)
                 throws IOException

Turns an object into a byte array.

Parameters:

obj -

Returns:

byte[]

Throws:

IOException

deSerialize

<T extends Serializable> T deSerialize(byte[] bytes)
                                   throws IOException,
                                          ClassNotFoundException

Turns a byte array into an object.

Parameters:

bytes -

Returns:

Object

Throws:

IOException

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