de.saxsys.synchronizefx.core.clientserver

Interface Serializer

public interface Serializer

A thread safe serializer and deserializer that serializes Lists with Java objects to byte arrays. For a list with classes that this serializer must be able to serialize and deserializer see MessageTransferClient.

Author:

raik.bieniek

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<Object>	deserialize(byte[] message) Deserializes a byte array to objects that was created with serialize(List).
byte[]	serialize(List<Object> objects) Serializes a list with messages to byte arrays.

Method Detail

serialize

byte[] serialize(List<Object> objects)
                 throws SynchronizeFXException

Serializes a list with messages to byte arrays. This method must be implemented thread safe.

Parameters:

objects - The messages that should be serialized.

Returns:

The serialized form of the objects.

Throws:

SynchronizeFXException - When the serialisation failed. When this exception is thrown, the serializer must still be able to serialize valid objects.

deserialize

List<Object> deserialize(byte[] message)
                         throws SynchronizeFXException

Deserializes a byte array to objects that was created with serialize(List). This method must be implemented thread safe.

Parameters:

message - The byte array that contains the serialized messages.

Returns:

The objects that where encoded in the message.

Throws:

SynchronizeFXException - When the deserialisation failed. When this exception is thrown, the serializer must still be able to deserialize valid objects.