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


import java.io.IOException;

import jdbm.helper.Serializer;


/**
 * A custom String serializer to [de]serialize Strings.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
 */
public class StringSerializer implements Serializer
{
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -173163945773783649L;


    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see jdbm.helper.Serializer#deserialize(byte[])
     */
    public Object deserialize( byte[] bites ) throws IOException
    {
        if ( bites.length == 0 )
        {
            return "";
        }

        char[] strchars = new char[bites.length >> 1];
        for ( int ii = 0, jj = 0; ii < strchars.length; ii++, jj = ii << 1 )
        {
            int ch = bites[jj] << 8 & 0x0000FF00;
            ch |= bites[jj+1] & 0x000000FF;
            strchars[ii] = ( char ) ch;
        }
        return new String( strchars );
    }


    private static final byte[] EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY = new byte[0];
    
    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see jdbm.helper.Serializer#serialize(java.lang.Object)
     */
    public byte[] serialize( Object str ) throws IOException
    {
        if ( ( ( String ) str ).length() == 0 )
        {
            return EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY;
        }
        
        char[] strchars = ( ( String ) str ).toCharArray();
        byte[] bites = new byte[strchars.length<<1];
        for ( int ii = 0, jj = 0; ii < strchars.length; ii++, jj = ii << 1 )
        {
            bites[jj] = ( byte ) ( strchars[ii] >> 8 & 0x00FF );
            bites[jj+1] = ( byte ) ( strchars[ii] & 0x00FF );
        }
        
        return bites;
    }
}