Package org.wildfly.clustering.marshalling

Interface Externalizer<T>

@Deprecated(forRemoval=true) public interface Externalizer<T>
Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
Use org.jboss.marshalling.Externalizer instead.
Service provider interface for custom externalizers.
Author:
Paul Ferraro

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    Class<T>
    getTargetClass()
    Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
    Returns the target class of the object to externalize.
    T
    readObject(ObjectInput input)
    Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
    Read an instance from the stream.
    default OptionalInt
    size(T object)
    Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
    Returns the size of the buffer to use for marshalling the specified object, if known.
    void
    writeObject(ObjectOutput output, T object)
    Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
    Writes the object reference to the stream.

  • Method Details

    • writeObject

      void writeObject(ObjectOutput output, T object) throws IOException
      Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
      Writes the object reference to the stream.
      Parameters:
      output - the object output to write to
      object - the object reference to write
      Throws:
      IOException - if an I/O error occurs

    • readObject

      T readObject(ObjectInput input) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException
      Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
      Read an instance from the stream. The instance will have been written by the writeObject(ObjectOutput, Object) method. Implementations are free to create instances of the object read from the stream in any way that they feel like. This could be via constructor, factory or reflection.
      Parameters:
      input - the object input from which to read
      Returns:
      the object instance
      Throws:
      IOException - if an I/O error occurs
      ClassNotFoundException - if a class could not be found

    • getTargetClass

      Class<T> getTargetClass()
      Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
      Returns the target class of the object to externalize.
      Returns:
      a class to be externalized

    • size

      default OptionalInt size(T object)
      Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
      Returns the size of the buffer to use for marshalling the specified object, if known.
      Returns:
      the buffer size (in bytes), or empty if unknown.