org.jboss.marshalling
Interface ClassTable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ChainingClassTable, ModularClassTable

public interface ClassTable

A lookup mechanism for predefined classes. Some marshallers can use this to avoid sending lengthy class descriptor information.

Nested Class Summary

static interface

ClassTable.Writer The class writer for a specific class.

Method Summary

ClassTable.Writer	getClassWriter(Class<?> clazz) Determine whether the given class reference is a valid predefined reference.
Class<?>	readClass(Unmarshaller unmarshaller) Read a class from the stream.

Method Detail

getClassWriter

ClassTable.Writer getClassWriter(Class<?> clazz)
                                 throws IOException

Determine whether the given class reference is a valid predefined reference.

Parameters:

clazz - the candidate class

Returns:

the class writer, or null to use the default mechanism

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

readClass

Class<?> readClass(Unmarshaller unmarshaller)
                   throws IOException,
                          ClassNotFoundException

Read a class from the stream. The class will have been written by the getClassWriter(Class) method's Writer instance, as defined above.

Parameters:

unmarshaller - the unmarshaller to read from

Returns:

the class

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

ClassNotFoundException - if a class could not be found