org.jboss.cache.marshall
Class MarshallUtil

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

public class MarshallUtil
extends Object

Utility methods related to marshalling and unmarshalling objects.

Version:

$Revision: 7168 $

Author:

Brian Stansberry

Constructor Summary

MarshallUtil()

Method Summary

static Object	objectFromByteBuffer(byte[] bytes) Creates an object from a byte buffer using MarshalledValueInputStream.
static Object	objectFromByteBuffer(InputStream bytes) Creates an object from a byte buffer using MarshalledValueInputStream.
static byte[]	objectToByteBuffer(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 Object objectFromByteBuffer(byte[] bytes)
                                   throws 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:

Exception

objectFromByteBuffer

public static Object objectFromByteBuffer(InputStream bytes)
                                   throws 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:

Exception

objectToByteBuffer

public static byte[] objectToByteBuffer(Object obj)
                                 throws 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:

Exception