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package org.apache.kahadb.util;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.DataOutput;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;

/**
 * Implementation of a Marshaller for Objects
 * 
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public class ObjectMarshaller extends VariableMarshaller<Object> {

    public void writePayload(Object object, DataOutput dataOut) throws IOException {
        ByteArrayOutputStream bytesOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        ObjectOutputStream objectOut = new ObjectOutputStream(bytesOut);
        objectOut.writeObject(object);
        objectOut.close();
        byte[] data = bytesOut.toByteArray();
        dataOut.writeInt(data.length);
        dataOut.write(data);
    }

    public Object readPayload(DataInput dataIn) throws IOException {
        int size = dataIn.readInt();
        byte[] data = new byte[size];
        dataIn.readFully(data);
        ByteArrayInputStream bytesIn = new ByteArrayInputStream(data);
        ObjectInputStream objectIn = new ObjectInputStream(bytesIn);
        try {
            return objectIn.readObject();
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            throw new IOException(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
    
}
