org.jboss.marshalling
Interface ObjectTable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ChainingObjectTable

public interface ObjectTable

A lookup mechanism for predefined object references. Some marshallers can use this to correlate to known object instances.

Nested Class Summary

static interface

ObjectTable.Writer The object writer for a specific object.

Method Summary

ObjectTable.Writer	getObjectWriter(Object object) Determine whether the given object reference is a valid predefined reference.
Object	readObject(Unmarshaller unmarshaller) Read an instance from the stream.

Method Detail

getObjectWriter

ObjectTable.Writer getObjectWriter(Object object)
                                   throws IOException

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

Parameters:

object - the candidate object

Returns:

the object writer, or null to use the default mechanism

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

readObject

Object readObject(Unmarshaller unmarshaller)
                  throws IOException,
                         ClassNotFoundException

Read an instance from the stream. The instance will have been written by the getObjectWriter(Object) method's Writer instance, as defined above.

Parameters:

unmarshaller - the unmarshaller to read from

Returns:

the object instance

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

ClassNotFoundException - if a class could not be found