uk.ac.ebi.intact.util
Class Serializer

java.lang.Object
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public class Serializer

extends java.lang.Object

Simple utility class for checking serialization for objects. Typically used in test cases to check particular objects whose serialization behaviour may be unknown.

Author:

Chris Lewington

Constructor Summary

Serializer()

Method Summary

protected static java.lang.Object	deserialize(byte[] bytes) simple method to deserialize an array of bytes.
protected static byte[]	serialize(java.io.Serializable obj) simple method to serialize an object.
static java.lang.Object	serializeDeserialize(java.io.Serializable obj) performs serialization and then deserialization.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Serializer

public Serializer()

Method Detail

serializeDeserialize

public static java.lang.Object serializeDeserialize(java.io.Serializable obj)

performs serialization and then deserialization. If it fails, a runtime exception is thrown - otherwise the original object is returned.

Parameters:

obj - - the object to serialize

Returns:

Object the oroginal object, if serialization was successful

serialize

protected static byte[] serialize(java.io.Serializable obj)
                           throws java.io.IOException

simple method to serialize an object.

Parameters:

obj - - an object to serialize

Returns:

byte[] a byte array of the serialized object

Throws:

java.io.IOException - thrown if the serialization failed

deserialize

protected static java.lang.Object deserialize(byte[] bytes)
                                       throws java.io.IOException,
                                              java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

simple method to deserialize an array of bytes.

Parameters:

bytes - - the array which should hopefully be an object (!)

Returns:

Object the deserialized object

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if there were byte stream problems

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - thrown if the object to construct cannot be found