org.gatein.pc.portlet.state

Interface StateConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

StateConverterV0

public interface StateConverter

Version:

$Revision: 5873 $

Author:

Julien Viet

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<S extends Serializable> S	marshall(PortletStateType<S> stateType, PortletState state) Marshall the producer state as a byte array.
<S extends Serializable> PortletState	unmarshall(PortletStateType<S> stateType, S marshalledState) Unmarshall the producer state from a byte array.

Method Detail

marshall

<S extends Serializable> S marshall(PortletStateType<S> stateType,
                                    PortletState state)
                             throws StateConversionException,
                                    IllegalArgumentException

Marshall the producer state as a byte array.

Parameters:

stateType - the state type

state - the producer state

Returns:

the marshalled state

Throws:

StateConversionException - if marshalling cannot be performed

IllegalArgumentException - if the state is null

unmarshall

<S extends Serializable> PortletState unmarshall(PortletStateType<S> stateType,
                                                 S marshalledState)
                                          throws StateConversionException,
                                                 IllegalArgumentException

Unmarshall the producer state from a byte array.

Parameters:

stateType - the state type

marshalledState - the marshalled state

Returns:

the producer state

Throws:

StateConversionException - if unmarshalling cannot be performed

IllegalArgumentException - if the argument is null