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Interface ItemSerializer<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

InstanceSerializer, InstanceTableSerializer, LeafNode, NonLeafNode, TypeSerializer

public interface ItemSerializer<T>

Interface to serialize (from object to bytes) and deserialize (from bytes to object) items.

See Also:

ByteBuffer

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	attributeDeSerialize(java.nio.ByteBuffer buf, java.lang.Object name) Deserializes the given bytes to object
T	deSerialize(java.nio.ByteBuffer buf) Deserializes the given bytes to object
java.nio.ByteBuffer	serialize(T t) Serializes the given object to bytes

Method Detail

attributeDeSerialize

java.lang.Object attributeDeSerialize(java.nio.ByteBuffer buf,
                                      java.lang.Object name)

Deserializes the given bytes to object

Parameters:

buf - bytes as ByteBuffer

name - attribute name

Returns:

deserialized attribute value as Object

deSerialize

T deSerialize(java.nio.ByteBuffer buf)

Deserializes the given bytes to object

Parameters:

buf - bytes as ByteBuffer

Returns:

deserialized object

serialize

java.nio.ByteBuffer serialize(T t)

Serializes the given object to bytes

Parameters:

t - object

Returns:

serialized object as ByteBuffer