com.complexible.common.memory

Interface ObjectSerializer<T>

All Known Subinterfaces:

ExtendedObjectSerializer<T>, FixedSizeObjectSerializer<T>

public interface ObjectSerializer<T>

A serializer which can round-trip POJOs to bytes for storage off heap or on disk. This serializer does not assume knowledge about size of objects and can serialize objects of variable size.

Since:

2.1

Version:

4.1

Author:

Michael Grove, Pavel Klinov

See Also:

FixedSizeObjectSerializer

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	read(LongByteBuffer theBuf) Read an object from the provided buffer
default boolean	supportsNull() Indicates whether or not this object can serialize/deserialize null values
void	write(T theObj, LongByteBuffer theBuf) Write the provided object to the buffer

Method Detail

supportsNull

default boolean supportsNull()

Indicates whether or not this object can serialize/deserialize null values

Returns:

true if nulls can be serialized, false otherwise

read

T read(LongByteBuffer theBuf)

Read an object from the provided buffer

Parameters:

theBuf - the buffer

Returns:

the object

write

void write(T theObj,
           LongByteBuffer theBuf)

Write the provided object to the buffer

Parameters:

theObj - the object to write

theBuf - the buffer to write to