org.jboss.serial.persister
Interface Persister

All Known Implementing Classes:
ArrayPersister, ClassReferencePersister, ExternalizePersister, PrivateWritePersister, ProxyPersister, RegularObjectPersister

public interface Persister

Interface used to define how to load complex objects from the repository or streaming $Id: Persister.java,v 1.6 2005/11/03 19:02:36 csuconic Exp $

Author:
clebert suconic

Method Summary
 byte getId()
          You need to always return what was sent by setId.
 java.lang.Object readData(java.lang.ClassLoader loader, ObjectDescription descriptor, java.io.ObjectInput input, ObjectSubstitutionInterface substitution)
           
 void setId(byte id)
           
 void writeData(ObjectDescription descriptor, java.io.ObjectOutput out, java.lang.Object obj, ObjectSubstitutionInterface substitution)
           
 

Method Detail

getId

public byte getId()
You need to always return what was sent by setId. This is to enable Streaming to discover what Persister to use


setId

public void setId(byte id)

writeData

public void writeData(ObjectDescription descriptor,
                      java.io.ObjectOutput out,
                      java.lang.Object obj,
                      ObjectSubstitutionInterface substitution)
               throws java.io.IOException
Throws:
java.io.IOException

readData

public java.lang.Object readData(java.lang.ClassLoader loader,
                                 ObjectDescription descriptor,
                                 java.io.ObjectInput input,
                                 ObjectSubstitutionInterface substitution)
                          throws java.io.IOException
Throws:
java.io.IOException


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