Package com.hazelcast.nio.serialization

Interface ByteArraySerializer<T>

Type Parameters:

T - type of serialized object

All Superinterfaces:

Serializer

public interface ByteArraySerializer<T>
extends Serializer

For sample usage custom serialization and other way of custom serialization see StreamSerializer.

Note that read and write methods should be compatible

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
T	read(byte[] buffer)	Converts given byte array to object
byte[]	write(T object)	Converts given object to byte array

Methods inherited from interface com.hazelcast.nio.serialization.Serializer

destroy, getTypeId

Method Details

write

byte[] write(T object)
      throws IOException

Converts given object to byte array

Parameters:

object - that will be serialized

Returns:

byte array that object is serialized into

Throws:

IOException - in case of any exceptional case

read

T read(byte[] buffer)
throws IOException

Converts given byte array to object

Parameters:

buffer - that object will be read from

Returns:

deserialized object

Throws:

IOException - in case of any exceptional case