yawn.io.serialization
Interface ISerializer

All Known Implementing Classes:

BetwixtXmlSerializer, CastorXmlSerializer

public interface ISerializer

Abstract class for serializing objects. $Id: ISerializer.java,v 1.3 2005/04/07 17:28:07 supermarti Exp $

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $

Author:

Alexei Guevara

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	deSerialize(java.lang.Class root, java.io.InputStreamReader reader) Reads an object of class root from a source
void	serialize(java.lang.Object object, java.io.OutputStreamWriter writer) Serializes an object.

Method Detail

serialize

void serialize(java.lang.Object object,
               java.io.OutputStreamWriter writer)
               throws SerializationException

Serializes an object.

Parameters:

object - The object to serialize.

writer - The destination where the serialized object will br writen to.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

SerializationException

deSerialize

java.lang.Object deSerialize(java.lang.Class root,
                             java.io.InputStreamReader reader)
                             throws SerializationException

Reads an object of class root from a source

Parameters:

root - the object class to read

reader - the source to read from

Returns:

the inflated object

Throws:

SerializationException

java.io.IOException