org.jboss.portal.portlet.state
Interface StateConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

StateConverterV0

public interface StateConverter

Version:

$Revision: 5873 $

Author:

Julien Viet

Method Summary

byte[]	marshall(PortletState state) Marshall the producer state as a byte array.
PortletState	unmarshall(byte[] marshalledState) Unmarshall the producer state from a byte array.

Method Detail

marshall

byte[] marshall(PortletState state)
                throws StateConversionException,
                       java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Marshall the producer state as a byte array.

Parameters:

state - the producer state

Returns:

the marshalled state

Throws:

StateConversionException - if marshalling cannot be performed

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the state is null

unmarshall

PortletState unmarshall(byte[] marshalledState)
                        throws StateConversionException,
                               java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Unmarshall the producer state from a byte array.

Parameters:

marshalledState - the marshalled state

Returns:

the producer state

Throws:

StateConversionException - if unmarshalling cannot be performed

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the argument is null