com.hazelcast.nio.serialization

Interface SerializerHook<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the serialized object

All Known Implementing Classes:

ProtobufSerializerHook

public interface SerializerHook<T>

This interface is used to automatically register serializers from external Hazelcast or user modules.
Both types of Serializers are supported (StreamSerializer and ByteArraySerializer). It needs to be registered using a file called "com.hazelcast.SerializerHook" in META-INF/services. Those services files are not registered using the standard Java6+ java.util.ServiceLoader but with a Hazelcast version that is capable of working with multiple class loaders to support JEE and OSGi environments.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Serializer	createSerializer() Creates a new serializer for the serialization type
Class<T>	getSerializationType() Returns the actual class type of the serialized object
boolean	isOverwritable() Defines if this serializer can be overridden by defining a custom serializer in the configurations (codebase or configuration file)

Method Detail

getSerializationType

Class<T> getSerializationType()

Returns the actual class type of the serialized object

Returns:

the serialized object type

createSerializer

Serializer createSerializer()

Creates a new serializer for the serialization type

Returns:

a new serializer instance

isOverwritable

boolean isOverwritable()

Defines if this serializer can be overridden by defining a custom serializer in the configurations (codebase or configuration file)

Returns:

if the serializer is overwritable