org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.serializer
Interface SerializeMethod

All Known Implementing Classes:

Arc2DSerializer, AttributedStringSerializer, BasicStrokeSerializer, Dimension2DSerializer, Ellipse2DSerializer, GeneralPathSerializer, GradientPaintSerializer, Line2DSerializer, PageFormatSerializer, Point2DSerializer, Rectangle2DSerializer, RoundRectangle2DSerializer

public interface SerializeMethod

The SerializeMethod is used to define a serialization strategy for a certain object type.

Author:

Thomas Morgner

Method Summary

Class	getObjectClass() The class of the object, which this object can serialize.
Object	readObject(ObjectInputStream in) Reads the object from the object input stream.
void	writeObject(Object o, ObjectOutputStream out) Writes a serializable object description to the given object output stream.

Method Detail

writeObject

void writeObject(Object o,
                 ObjectOutputStream out)
                 throws IOException

Writes a serializable object description to the given object output stream.

Parameters:

o - the to be serialized object.

out - the outputstream that should receive the object.

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occured.

readObject

Object readObject(ObjectInputStream in)
                  throws IOException,
                         ClassNotFoundException

Reads the object from the object input stream.

Parameters:

in - the object input stream from where to read the serialized data.

Returns:

the generated object.

Throws:

IOException - if reading the stream failed.

ClassNotFoundException - if serialized object class cannot be found.

getObjectClass

Class getObjectClass()

The class of the object, which this object can serialize.

Returns:

the class of the object type, which this method handles.