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Interface IRecordSerializer<T>

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

public interface IRecordSerializer<T>
extends Serializable

An abstraction for serializing and de-serializing objects as byte[]s.

Note: Some serializers use the convention that a null will be de-serialized as a null. This convention makes it easy to de-serialize the value and then test to see whether or not the value was in fact found in the index.

Version:

$Id: IRecordSerializer.java 2265 2009-10-26 12:51:06Z thompsonbry $

Author:

Bryan Thompson

See Also:

SerializerUtil, IStreamSerializer

TODO:

reconcile ISerializer, reconsider IStoreSerializer (can we drop it?)

Method Summary

T	deserialize(byte[] data) De-serialize an object.
byte[]	serialize(T obj) Serialize an object.

Method Detail

serialize

byte[] serialize(T obj)

Serialize an object.

Parameters:

obj - A object.

Returns:

A byte[] that is the serialization of that object.

deserialize

T deserialize(byte[] data)

De-serialize an object.

Parameters:

data - The data.

Returns:

The object for that data.