old_trunk/apacheds-jdbm/src/main/java/jdbm/helper/LongSerializer.java

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package jdbm.helper;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Optimized serializer for long integers.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:boisvert@intalio.com">Alex Boisvert</a>
 * @version $Id: LongSerializer.java,v 1.2 2003/09/21 15:47:00 boisvert Exp $
 */
public class LongSerializer 
    implements Serializer
{

    
    public static final LongSerializer INSTANCE = new LongSerializer();
    
    
    /**
     * Construct a LongSerializer.
     */
    public LongSerializer()
    {
        // no op
    }

    
    /**
     * Serialize the content of an object into a byte array.
     *
     * @param obj Object to serialize
     * @return a byte array representing the object's state
     */
     public byte[] serialize( Object obj )
        throws IOException
     {
         Long number = (Long) obj;
         return Conversion.convertToByteArray( number.longValue() );
     }
        
        
    /**
     * Deserialize the content of an object from a byte array.
     *
     * @param serialized Byte array representation of the object
     * @return deserialized object
     */
     public Object deserialize( byte[] serialized )
        throws IOException
     {
         long number = Conversion.convertToLong( serialized );
         return new Long( number );
     }

}