| package org.apache.commons.jcs.engine.behavior; |
| |
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| |
| import java.io.IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Defines the behavior for cache element serializers. This layer of abstraction allows us to plug |
| * in different serialization mechanisms, such as a compressing standard serializer. |
| * <p> |
| * @author Aaron Smuts |
| */ |
| public interface IElementSerializer |
| { |
| /** |
| * Turns an object into a byte array. |
| * @param obj |
| * @return byte[] |
| * @throws IOException |
| */ |
| <T> byte[] serialize( T obj ) |
| throws IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Turns a byte array into an object. |
| * @param bytes data bytes |
| * @param loader class loader to use |
| * @return Object |
| * @throws IOException |
| * @throws ClassNotFoundException thrown if we don't know the object. |
| */ |
| <T> T deSerialize( byte[] bytes, ClassLoader loader ) |
| throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException; |
| } |