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

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package org.apache.directmemory.lightning.base;

import java.io.IOException;

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

public abstract class AbstractObjectMarshaller
    extends AbstractMarshaller
{

    @Override
    @SuppressWarnings( "unchecked" )
    public final <V> V unmarshall( PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor, Source source,
                                   SerializationContext serializationContext )
        throws IOException
    {
        Object value =
            serializationContext.getObjectInstantiatorFactory().getInstantiatorOf( propertyDescriptor.getType() );
        return unmarshall( (V) value, propertyDescriptor, source, serializationContext );
    }

    public abstract <V> V unmarshall( V value, PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor, Source source,
                                      SerializationContext serializationContext )
        throws IOException;
}