com.pcloud.networking.serialization

Class TypeAdapter<T>

java.lang.Object

com.pcloud.networking.serialization.TypeAdapter<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The type that this adapter can convert

Direct Known Subclasses:

GuardedSerializationTypeAdapter, TimestampDateTypeAdapter

public abstract class TypeAdapter<T>
extends java.lang.Object

An interface for converting between objects and their binary protocol representations.

Another feature is the ability to convert between objects and their representation in the form of key-value pairs.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TypeAdapter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract T	deserialize(ProtocolReader reader) Deserializes binary data from a ProtocolReader to a concrete java data type
abstract void	serialize(ProtocolWriter writer, T value) Serializes data from an object and writes it to a ProtocolWriter

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TypeAdapter

public TypeAdapter()

Method Detail

deserialize

public abstract T deserialize(ProtocolReader reader)
                       throws java.io.IOException

Deserializes binary data from a ProtocolReader to a concrete java data type

Parameters:

reader - A ProtocolReader to read the data

Returns:

A concrete java implementation of the data type this adapter works with

Throws:

java.io.IOException - on failed IO operations

serialize

public abstract void serialize(ProtocolWriter writer,
                               T value)
                        throws java.io.IOException

Serializes data from an object and writes it to a ProtocolWriter

Parameters:

writer - A ProtocolWriter to write the data

value - A concrete java implementation of the data type to be serialized

Throws:

java.io.IOException - on failed IO operations