Package com.esotericsoftware.kryo

Class Serializer<T>

java.lang.Object

com.esotericsoftware.kryo.Serializer<T>

Direct Known Subclasses:

BeanSerializer, BlowfishSerializer, ClosureSerializer, CollectionSerializer, DefaultArraySerializers.BooleanArraySerializer, DefaultArraySerializers.ByteArraySerializer, DefaultArraySerializers.CharArraySerializer, DefaultArraySerializers.DoubleArraySerializer, DefaultArraySerializers.FloatArraySerializer, DefaultArraySerializers.IntArraySerializer, DefaultArraySerializers.LongArraySerializer, DefaultArraySerializers.ObjectArraySerializer, DefaultArraySerializers.ShortArraySerializer, DefaultArraySerializers.StringArraySerializer, DefaultSerializers.AtomicBooleanSerializer, DefaultSerializers.AtomicIntegerSerializer, DefaultSerializers.AtomicLongSerializer, DefaultSerializers.AtomicReferenceSerializer, DefaultSerializers.BitSetSerializer, DefaultSerializers.CalendarSerializer, DefaultSerializers.CollectionsSingletonListSerializer, DefaultSerializers.CollectionsSingletonMapSerializer, DefaultSerializers.CollectionsSingletonSetSerializer, DefaultSerializers.DateSerializer, DefaultSerializers.EnumSetSerializer, DefaultSerializers.KryoSerializableSerializer, DefaultSerializers.StringBufferSerializer, DefaultSerializers.StringBuilderSerializer, DefaultSerializers.TimestampSerializer, DeflateSerializer, ExternalizableSerializer, FieldSerializer, ImmutableSerializer, JavaSerializer, MapSerializer, OptionalSerializers.OptionalSerializer

public abstract class Serializer<T>
extends Object

Reads and writes objects to and from bytes.

Author:

Nathan Sweet

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Serializer()
Serializer(boolean acceptsNull)
Serializer(boolean acceptsNull, boolean immutable)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
T	copy(Kryo kryo, T original)	Returns a copy of the specified object.
boolean	getAcceptsNull()
boolean	isImmutable()
abstract T	read(Kryo kryo, Input input, Class<? extends T> type)	Reads bytes and returns a new object of the specified concrete type.
void	setAcceptsNull(boolean acceptsNull)	If true, this serializer will handle writing and reading null values.
void	setImmutable(boolean immutable)	If true, the type this serializer will be used for is considered immutable.
abstract void	write(Kryo kryo, Output output, T object)	Writes the bytes for the object to the output.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Serializer

public Serializer()

Serializer

public Serializer(boolean acceptsNull)

See Also:

setAcceptsNull(boolean)

Serializer

public Serializer(boolean acceptsNull,
                  boolean immutable)

See Also:

setAcceptsNull(boolean), setImmutable(boolean)

Method Detail

write

public abstract void write(Kryo kryo,
                           Output output,
                           T object)

Writes the bytes for the object to the output.

This method should not be called directly, instead this serializer can be passed to Kryo write methods that accept a serialier.

Parameters:

object - May be null if getAcceptsNull() is true.

read

public abstract T read(Kryo kryo,
                       Input input,
                       Class<? extends T> type)

Reads bytes and returns a new object of the specified concrete type.

Before Kryo can be used to read child objects, Kryo.reference(Object) must be called with the parent object to ensure it can be referenced by the child objects. Any serializer that uses Kryo to read a child object may need to be reentrant.

This method should not be called directly, instead this serializer can be passed to Kryo read methods that accept a serialier.

Returns:

May be null if getAcceptsNull() is true.

getAcceptsNull

public boolean getAcceptsNull()

setAcceptsNull

public void setAcceptsNull(boolean acceptsNull)

If true, this serializer will handle writing and reading null values. If false, the Kryo framework handles null values and the serializer will never receive null.

This can be set to true on a serializer that does not accept nulls if it is known that the serializer will never encounter null. Doing this will prevent the framework from writing a byte to denote null.

isImmutable

public boolean isImmutable()

setImmutable

public void setImmutable(boolean immutable)

If true, the type this serializer will be used for is considered immutable. This causes copy(Kryo, Object) to return the original object.

copy

public T copy(Kryo kryo,
              T original)

Returns a copy of the specified object. The default implementation returns the original if isImmutable() is true, else throws KryoException. Subclasses can optionall override this method to support Kryo.copy(Object).

Before Kryo can be used to copy child objects, Kryo.reference(Object) must be called with the copy to ensure it can be referenced by the child objects. A serializer that uses Kryo to copy a child object may need to be reentrant.

This method should not be called directly, instead this serializer can be passed to Kryo copy methods that accept a serialier.