1 package org.apache.commons.jcs.engine.behavior;
2
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21
22 import java.io.IOException;
23
24 /**
25 * Defines the behavior for cache element serializers. This layer of abstraction allows us to plug
26 * in different serialization mechanisms, such as a compressing standard serializer.
27 * <p>
28 * @author Aaron Smuts
29 */
30 public interface IElementSerializer
31 {
32 /**
33 * Turns an object into a byte array.
34 * @param obj
35 * @return byte[]
36 * @throws IOException
37 */
38 <T> byte[] serialize( T obj )
39 throws IOException;
40
41 /**
42 * Turns a byte array into an object.
43 * @param bytes
44 * @return Object
45 * @throws IOException
46 * @throws ClassNotFoundException thrown if we don't know the object.
47 */
48 <T> T deSerialize( byte[] bytes, ClassLoader loader )
49 throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;
50 }