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package org.apache.apex.malhar.lib.utils.serde;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.MutableInt;

import com.datatorrent.netlet.util.Slice;

/**
 * This is a simple {@link Serde} which serializes and deserializes byte arrays to {@link Slice}s. A byte array is
 * serialized by simply wrapping it in a {@link Slice} object and deserialized by simply reading the byte array
 * out of the {@link Slice} object.
 *
 * <b>Note:</b> The deserialized method doesn't use the offset argument in this implementation.
 *
 * @since 3.5.0
 */
public class PassThruByteArraySliceSerde implements Serde<byte[], Slice>
{
  @Override
  public Slice serialize(byte[] object)
  {
    return new Slice(object);
  }

  @Override
  public byte[] deserialize(Slice object, MutableInt offset)
  {
    offset.add(object.length);

    if (object.offset == 0) {
      return object.buffer;
    }

    byte[] bytes = new byte[object.length];
    System.arraycopy(object.buffer, object.offset, bytes, 0, object.length);
    return bytes;
  }

  @Override
  public byte[] deserialize(Slice object)
  {
    return deserialize(object, new MutableInt(0));
  }
}