org.springframework.core.serializer
Interface Serializer<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultSerializer

public interface Serializer<T>

A strategy interface for streaming an object to an OutputStream.

Since:

3.0.5

Author:

Gary Russell, Mark Fisher

Method Summary

void	serialize(T object, OutputStream outputStream) Write an object of type T to the given OutputStream.

Method Detail

serialize

void serialize(T object,
               OutputStream outputStream)
               throws IOException

Write an object of type T to the given OutputStream.

Note: Implementations should not close the given OutputStream (or any decorators of that OutputStream) but rather leave this up to the caller.

Parameters:

object - the object to serialize

outputStream - the output stream

Throws:

IOException - in case of errors writing to the stream