ByteArraySerializer
ByteArraySerializer exposes the raw ByteArray used internally by Hazelcast. It is a good option if the serialization library you are using deals with ByteArrays instead of streams.
Let's implement ByteArraySerializer for the Employee class mentioned in the StreamSerializer section.
public class EmployeeByteArraySerializer
implements ByteArraySerializer<Employee> {
@Override
public void destroy () {
}
@Override
public int getTypeId () {
return 1;
}
@Override
public byte[] write( Employee object )
throws IOException {
return object.getName().getBytes();
}
@Override
public Employee read( byte[] buffer )
throws IOException {
String surname = new String( buffer );
return new Employee( surname );
}
}
As usual, let's register the EmployeeByteArraySerializer in the configuration file hazelcast.xml, as shown below.
<serialization>
<serializers>
<serializer type-class="Employee">EmployeeByteArraySerializer</serializer>
</serializers>
</serialization>
RELATED INFORMATION
Please refer to the Serialization Configuration section for a full description of Hazelcast Serialization configuration.