org.jboss.cache.marshall
Class MarshallUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.jboss.cache.marshall.MarshallUtil

public class MarshallUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Utility methods related to marshalling and unmarshalling objects.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Brian Stansberry

Constructor Summary

MarshallUtil()

Method Summary

static java.lang.Object	objectFromByteBuffer(byte[] bytes) Creates an object from a byte buffer using MarshalledValueInputStream.
static java.lang.Object	objectFromByteBuffer(java.io.InputStream bytes) Creates an object from a byte buffer using MarshalledValueInputStream.
static byte[]	objectToByteBuffer(java.lang.Object obj) Serializes an object into a byte buffer using MarshalledValueOutputStream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MarshallUtil

public MarshallUtil()

Method Detail

objectFromByteBuffer

public static java.lang.Object objectFromByteBuffer(byte[] bytes)
                                             throws java.lang.Exception

Creates an object from a byte buffer using MarshalledValueInputStream.

Parameters:

bytes - serialized form of an object

Returns:

the object, or null if bytes is null

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

objectFromByteBuffer

public static java.lang.Object objectFromByteBuffer(java.io.InputStream bytes)
                                             throws java.lang.Exception

Creates an object from a byte buffer using MarshalledValueInputStream.

Parameters:

bytes - serialized form of an object

Returns:

the object, or null if bytes is null

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

objectToByteBuffer

public static byte[] objectToByteBuffer(java.lang.Object obj)
                                 throws java.lang.Exception

Serializes an object into a byte buffer using MarshalledValueOutputStream.

Parameters:

obj - an object that implements Serializable or Externalizable

Returns:

serialized form of the object

Throws:

java.lang.Exception