lightning-core/src/main/java/org/apache/directmemory/lightning/base/AbstractMarshaller.java

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package org.apache.directmemory.lightning.base;

import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.DataOutput;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.directmemory.lightning.Marshaller;
import org.apache.directmemory.lightning.SerializationContext;
import org.apache.directmemory.lightning.metadata.PropertyDescriptor;

public abstract class AbstractMarshaller
    implements Marshaller
{

    @Override
    public <V> V unmarshall( PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor, DataInput dataInput,
                             SerializationContext serializationContext )
        throws IOException
    {
        return null;
    }

    protected boolean writePossibleNull( Object value, DataOutput dataOutput )
        throws IOException
    {
        dataOutput.writeByte( value == null ? 1 : 0 );
        return value != null;
    }

    protected boolean isNull( DataInput dataInput )
        throws IOException
    {
        byte isNull = dataInput.readByte();
        return isNull == 1 ? true : false;
    }
}