org.xwiki.crypto.internal
Class SerializationUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.xwiki.crypto.internal.SerializationUtils

public final class SerializationUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Utilities for serialization and deserialization.

Since:

2.5M1

Version:

$Id$

Method Summary

static java.lang.Object	deserialize(byte[] serialized) This method will accept a serialized version of any object defined in the system.
static <T extends java.io.Serializable> byte[]	serialize(T toSerialize) Convert the given Object to a byte array which when passed to deserialize() will make the same Object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

deserialize

public static java.lang.Object deserialize(byte[] serialized)
                                    throws java.io.IOException,
                                           java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

This method will accept a serialized version of any object defined in the system.

Parameters:

serialized - the byte array to create the Object from.

Returns:

an Object made from deserializing the given array.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if something goes wrong in the serialization framework.

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if the required Object class is not present on the system.

serialize

public static <T extends java.io.Serializable> byte[] serialize(T toSerialize)
                        throws java.io.IOException

Convert the given Object to a byte array which when passed to deserialize() will make the same Object.

Type Parameters:

T - a serializable class.

Parameters:

toSerialize - the Object to convert into a byte array.

Returns:

the given Object as a byte array.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if something goes wrong in the serialization framework.