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package org.apache.hadoop.io.serializer;

import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.DataInputBuffer;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.DataOutputBuffer;
import org.apache.hadoop.util.GenericsUtil;

public class SerializationTestUtil {
  
  /**
   * A utility that tests serialization/deserialization. 
   * @param conf configuration to use, "io.serializations" is read to 
   * determine the serialization
   * @param <K> the class of the item
   * @param before item to (de)serialize
   * @return deserialized item
   */
  public static <K> K testSerialization(Configuration conf, K before)
  	throws Exception {

    SerializationFactory factory = new SerializationFactory(conf);
    Serializer<K> serializer 
      = factory.getSerializer(GenericsUtil.getClass(before));
    Deserializer<K> deserializer 
      = factory.getDeserializer(GenericsUtil.getClass(before));

    DataOutputBuffer out = new DataOutputBuffer();
    serializer.open(out);
    serializer.serialize(before);
    serializer.close();

    DataInputBuffer in = new DataInputBuffer();
    in.reset(out.getData(), out.getLength());
    deserializer.open(in);
    K after = deserializer.deserialize(null);
    deserializer.close();
    return after;
  }

}