org.jboss.marshalling
Interface Marshaller

All Superinterfaces:

DataOutput, ObjectOutput

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMarshaller

public interface Marshaller
extends ObjectOutput

An object marshaller for writing objects to byte streams.

Method Summary

void	clearClassCache() Discard the class cache.
void	clearInstanceCache() Discard the instance cache.
void	finish() Finish marshalling to a stream.
void	start(ByteOutput newOutput) Begin marshalling to a stream.
void	writeObjectUnshared(Object obj) Write an object to the underlying storage or stream as a new instance.

Methods inherited from interface java.io.ObjectOutput

close, flush, write, write, write, writeObject

Methods inherited from interface java.io.DataOutput

writeBoolean, writeByte, writeBytes, writeChar, writeChars, writeDouble, writeFloat, writeInt, writeLong, writeShort, writeUTF

Method Detail

writeObjectUnshared

void writeObjectUnshared(Object obj)
                         throws IOException

Write an object to the underlying storage or stream as a new instance. The class that implements this interface defines how the object is written.

Parameters:

obj - the object to be written

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs

start

void start(ByteOutput newOutput)
           throws IOException

Begin marshalling to a stream.

Parameters:

newOutput - the new stream

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs during setup, such as an error writing the header

clearInstanceCache

void clearInstanceCache()
                        throws IOException

Discard the instance cache. May also discard the class cache in implementations that do not support separated class and instance caches.

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs

clearClassCache

void clearClassCache()
                     throws IOException

Discard the class cache. Implicitly also discards the instance cache.

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs

finish

void finish()
            throws IOException

Finish marshalling to a stream. Any transient class or instance cache is discarded. The stream is released. No further marshalling may be done until the start(ByteOutput) method is again invoked.

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs