de.saxsys.synchronizefx.core.clientserver

Interface Serializer

public interface Serializer

A thread safe serializer and deserializer that serializes Lists of SynchronizeFX Commands. For a list with classes that this serializer must be able to serialize and deserializer see CommandTransferClient.

Author:

Raik Bieniek

Method Summary

Methods

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

Method Detail

serialize

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

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

Parameters:

objects - The commands 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<Command> deserialize(byte[] commands)
                          throws SynchronizeFXException

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

Parameters:

commands - The byte array that contains the serialized commands.

Returns:

The objects that where encoded in the commands.

Throws:

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