com.sssw.jbroker.web.encoding
Class BeanMarshaler

java.lang.Object
  com.sssw.jbroker.web.encoding.BeanMarshaler

All Implemented Interfaces:

Deserializer, Deserializer, Marshaler, Serializable, Serializer, Serializer

public class BeanMarshaler

extends Object

implements Marshaler

General purpose marshaler for serializing Java Beans. Only the read/write properties are marshaled.

Since:

jBroker Web 2.0

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

BeanMarshaler()
Create a bean marshaler object.

BeanMarshaler(Class javaType)
Create a bean marshaler object for a given class.

Method Summary

Object	deserialize(InputStream is, Class javaType) Initialize the given bean object from the given input stream
Attribute[]	getAttributes(Object obj) Get the element attributes
String	getMechanismType() Get the serializer's mechanism type.
void	serialize(OutputStream os, Object obj) Serialize the given bean object to the given output stream

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BeanMarshaler

public BeanMarshaler()

Create a bean marshaler object.

BeanMarshaler

public BeanMarshaler(Class javaType)

Create a bean marshaler object for a given class.

Parameters:

javaType - class of beans

Method Detail

getMechanismType

public String getMechanismType()

Get the serializer's mechanism type. Not used by jBroker Web.

Specified by:

getMechanismType in interface Serializer

Returns:

string with mechanism type

getAttributes

public Attribute[] getAttributes(Object obj)

Get the element attributes

Specified by:

getAttributes in interface Serializer

Parameters:

obj - the object that is being serialized

Returns:

an array of attributes for the serialzied object

serialize

public void serialize(OutputStream os,
                      Object obj)
               throws IOException

Serialize the given bean object to the given output stream

Specified by:

serialize in interface Serializer

Parameters:

os - the portable output stream

obj - the object to write

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O exception occurred during write

deserialize

public Object deserialize(InputStream is,
                          Class javaType)
                   throws IOException

Initialize the given bean object from the given input stream

Specified by:

deserialize in interface Deserializer

Parameters:

is - the input stream to read object from

javaType - the expected Java type

Returns:

a newly created object initialized from stream

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O exception occurred duing read