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package org.apache.directory.server.core.partition.impl.btree.jdbm;


import java.io.IOException;
import java.math.BigInteger;

import jdbm.helper.Serializer;


/**
 * A custom BigInteger serializer to [de]serialize BigIntegers.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
 */
public class BigIntegerSerializer implements Serializer
{
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 6768192848157685880L;


    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see jdbm.helper.Serializer#deserialize(byte[])
     */
    public Object deserialize( byte[] bigIntBytes ) throws IOException
    {
        return new BigInteger( bigIntBytes );
    }


    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see jdbm.helper.Serializer#serialize(java.lang.Object)
     */
    public byte[] serialize( Object bigInt ) throws IOException
    {
        return ( ( BigInteger ) bigInt ).toByteArray();
    }
}