package org.apache.commons.jcs3.utils.serialization;

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import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.commons.jcs3.utils.zip.CompressionUtil;

/**
 * Performs default serialization and de-serialization. It gzips the value.
 */
public class CompressingSerializer extends StandardSerializer
{
    /**
     * Serializes an object using default serialization. Compresses the byte array.
     * <p>
     * @param obj object
     * @return byte[]
     * @throws IOException on i/o problem
     */
    @Override
    public <T> byte[] serialize( T obj )
        throws IOException
    {
        byte[] uncompressed = super.serialize(obj);
        byte[] compressed = CompressionUtil.compressByteArray( uncompressed );
        return compressed;
    }

    /**
     * Uses default de-serialization to turn a byte array into an object. Decompresses the value
     * first. All exceptions are converted into IOExceptions.
     * <p>
     * @param data data bytes
     * @param loader class loader to use
     * @return Object
     * @throws IOException on i/o problem
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException if class is not found during deserialization
     */
    @Override
    public <T> T deSerialize( byte[] data, ClassLoader loader )
        throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException
    {
        if ( data == null )
        {
            return null;
        }

        byte[] decompressedByteArray = CompressionUtil.decompressByteArray( data );
        return super.deSerialize(decompressedByteArray, loader);
    }
}