ByteArraySerializer (Distributed Caffeine 0.2.0 API)

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the object to serialize

All Superinterfaces:

Serializer<T,byte[]>

All Known Implementing Classes:

FurySerializer, JavaObjectSerializer
```
public interface ByteArraySerializer<T>
extends Serializer<T,byte[]>
```
Interface to be used when implementing a custom serializer with byte array representation.

Author:

Andreas Oberhoff

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`deserialize(byte[] value)`	Deserializes a value.
`byte[]`	`serialize(T object)`	Serializes an object.

- Method Detail
  - serialize
```
byte[] serialize(T object)
          throws SerializerException
```
    Description copied from interface: Serializer
    
    Serializes an object.
    
    Specified by:
    
    serialize in interface Serializer<T,byte[]>
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - the object to be serialized
    
    Returns:
    
    the serialized value
    
    Throws:
    
    SerializerException - if serialization fails
  - deserialize
```
T deserialize(byte[] value)
       throws SerializerException
```
    Description copied from interface: Serializer
    
    Deserializes a value.
    
    Specified by:
    
    deserialize in interface Serializer<T,byte[]>
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the value to be deserialized
    
    Returns:
    
    the deserialized object
    
    Throws:
    
    SerializerException - if deserialization fails