org.springframework.core.serializer

Interface Deserializer<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the object type

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultDeserializer, SerializationDelegate

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface Deserializer<T>

A strategy interface for converting from data in an InputStream to an Object.

Since:

3.0.5

Author:

Gary Russell, Mark Fisher, Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

Serializer

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	deserialize(InputStream inputStream) Read (assemble) an object of type T from the given InputStream.
default T	deserializeFromByteArray(byte[] serialized) Read (assemble) an object of type T from the given byte array.

Method Detail

deserialize

T deserialize(InputStream inputStream)
       throws IOException

Read (assemble) an object of type T from the given InputStream.

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

Parameters:

inputStream - the input stream

Returns:

the deserialized object

Throws:

IOException - in case of errors reading from the stream

deserializeFromByteArray

default T deserializeFromByteArray(byte[] serialized)
                            throws IOException

Read (assemble) an object of type T from the given byte array.

Parameters:

serialized - the byte array

Returns:

the deserialized object

Throws:

IOException - in case of deserialization failure

Since:

5.2.7