Package org.wildfly.clustering.marshalling

Interface Externalizer<T>

public interface Externalizer<T>

Service provider interface for custom externalizers.

Author:

Paul Ferraro

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Class<T>	getTargetClass()	Returns the target class of the object to externalize.
T	readObject(ObjectInput input)	Read an instance from the stream.
default OptionalInt	size(T object)	Returns the size of the buffer to use for marshalling the specified object, if known.
void	writeObject(ObjectOutput output, T object)	Writes the object reference to the stream.

Method Detail

writeObject

void writeObject(ObjectOutput output,
                 T object)
          throws IOException

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

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()

Returns the target class of the object to externalize.

Returns:

a class to be externalized

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.