ldap/src/main/java/org/apache/directory/shared/ldap/name/DnSerializer.java

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package org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.name;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInput;
import java.io.ObjectOutput;

import org.apache.directory.shared.i18n.I18n;
import org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.util.StringTools;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * A helper class which serialize and deserialize a DN
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
 * @version $Rev$, $Date$
 */
public class DnSerializer
{
    /** The LoggerFactory used by this class */
    protected static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger( DnSerializer.class );

    /**
     * Serialize a DN
     * 
     * We have to store a DN data efficiently. Here is the structure :
     * 
     * <li>upName</li> The User provided DN<p>
     * <li>normName</li> May be null if the normName is equivalent to 
     * the upName<p>
     * <li>rdns</li> The rdn's List.<p>
     * 
     * for each rdn :
     * <li>call the RDN write method</li>
     * 
     * @param dn The DN to serialize
     * @param out the stream in which the DN will be serialized
     * @throws IOException If we can't write in this stream
     */
    public static void serialize( DN dn, ObjectOutput out ) throws IOException
    {
        if ( dn.getName() == null )
        {
            String message = "Cannot serialize a NULL DN";
            LOG.error( message );
            throw new IOException( message );
        }
        
        // Write the UPName
        out.writeUTF( dn.getName() );
        
        // Write the NormName if different
        if ( dn.isNormalized() )
        {
            if ( dn.getName().equals( dn.getNormName() ) )
            {
                out.writeUTF( "" );
            }
            else
            {
                out.writeUTF( dn.getNormName() );
            }
        }
        else
        {
            String message = I18n.err( I18n.ERR_04212, dn );
            LOG.error( message );
            throw new IOException( message );
        }
        
        // Should we store the byte[] ???
        
        // Write the RDNs.
        // First the number of RDNs
        out.writeInt( dn.size() );
        
        // Loop on the RDNs
        for ( RDN rdn:dn.getRdns() )
        {
            RdnSerializer.serialize( rdn, out );
        }
    }


    /**
     * Deserialize a DN
     * 
     * We read back the data to create a new DN. The structure 
     * read is exposed in the {@link DnSerializer#serialize(DN, ObjectOutput)} 
     * method<p>
     * 
     * @param in The input stream from which the DN is read
     * @return a deserialized DN
     * @throws IOException If the stream can't be read
     */
    public static DN deserialize( ObjectInput in ) throws IOException
    {
        // Read the UPName
        String upName = in.readUTF();
        
        // Read the NormName
        String normName = in.readUTF();
        
        if ( normName.length() == 0 )
        {
            // As the normName is equal to the upName,
            // we didn't saved the nbnormName on disk.
            // restore it by copying the upName.
            normName = upName;
        }
        
        // Should we read the byte[] ???
        byte[] bytes = StringTools.getBytesUtf8( upName );
        
        // Read the RDNs. Is it's null, the number will be -1.
        int nbRdns = in.readInt();
        
        DN dn = new DN( upName, normName, bytes );
        
        for ( int i = 0; i < nbRdns; i++ )
        {
            RDN rdn = RdnSerializer.deserialize( in );
            dn.add( 0, rdn );
        }
    
        return dn;
    }
}