org.wildfly.clustering.marshalling.spi

Interface Serializer<T>

public interface Serializer<T>

Writes/reads an object to/from a binary stream.

Author:

Paul Ferraro

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	read(DataInput input) Reads an object from the specified input stream.
default OptionalInt	size(T object) Returns the size of the buffer to use for marshalling the specified object, if known.
void	write(DataOutput output, T value) Writes the specified object to the specified output stream

Method Detail

write

void write(DataOutput output,
           T value)
    throws IOException

Writes the specified object to the specified output stream

Parameters:

output - the data output stream

value - an object to serialize

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

read

T read(DataInput input)
throws IOException

Reads an object from the specified input stream.

Parameters:

input - a data input stream

Returns:

the deserialized object

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

size

default OptionalInt size(T object)

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.