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Class SerializedObjectExtensions

java.lang.Object

de.alpharogroup.io.SerializedObjectExtensions

public final class SerializedObjectExtensions
extends Object

Helper-class for read from and write to serialized objects.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Asterios Raptis

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected static Logger	LOGGER The LOGGER.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SerializedObjectExtensions()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Object	readSerializedObjectFromFile(File file) Reads the object from the given file.
static <T> byte[]	toByteArray(T object) The Method toByteArray() serialize an Object to byte array.
static Object	toObject(byte[] byteArray) The Method toObject() converts the given byte array into an Object.
static boolean	writeSerializedObjectToFile(Object obj, File file) Writes the given object to the given File.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

LOGGER

protected static final Logger LOGGER

The LOGGER.

Constructor Detail

SerializedObjectExtensions

public SerializedObjectExtensions()

Method Detail

readSerializedObjectFromFile

public static Object readSerializedObjectFromFile(File file)
                                           throws IOException,
                                                  ClassNotFoundException

Reads the object from the given file.

Parameters:

file - In that file is the object saved.

Returns:

The object in the file or null.

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

ClassNotFoundException - is thrown when a class is not found in the classloader or no definition for the class with the specified name could be found.

toByteArray

public static <T> byte[] toByteArray(T object)
                              throws IOException

The Method toByteArray() serialize an Object to byte array.

Type Parameters:

T - the generic type of the given object

Parameters:

object - The Object to convert into a byte array.

Returns:

The byte array from the Object.

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

toObject

public static Object toObject(byte[] byteArray)
                       throws IOException,
                              ClassNotFoundException

The Method toObject() converts the given byte array into an Object.

Parameters:

byteArray - The byte array to convert into an Object.

Returns:

The Object the was converted from the byte array.

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

ClassNotFoundException - is thrown when a class is not found in the classloader or no definition for the class with the specified name could be found.

writeSerializedObjectToFile

public static boolean writeSerializedObjectToFile(Object obj,
                                                  File file)
                                           throws IOException

Writes the given object to the given File.

Parameters:

obj - The object to write to the File.

file - In this file will be the object saved.

Returns:

true if the object was written to the file otherwise false.

Throws:

IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.