net.sf.serfj.serializers

Interface ObjectSerializer

All Superinterfaces:

Serializer

All Known Implementing Classes:

Base64Serializer, JsonSerializer, XmlSerializer

public interface ObjectSerializer
extends Serializer

Interface for objects Serializers.

ObjectSerializers are serializers which serialize an Object to String and deserialize from String to an Object.

Author:

Eduardo Yáñez

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	deserialize(String string) Deserialize an object from the format that the implementation requires to Java Object.
String	serialize(Object object) Serialize an object in the format that the implementation requires.

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.serfj.serializers.Serializer

getContentType

Method Detail

serialize

String serialize(Object object)

Serialize an object in the format that the implementation requires.

Parameters:

object - Object to serialize.

Returns:

a String with the object serialized.

deserialize

Object deserialize(String string)

Deserialize an object from the format that the implementation requires to Java Object.

Parameters:

string - String representation of the object to deserialize.

Returns:

an Object.