org.springframework.core.serializer

Interface Serializer<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the object type

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultSerializer, 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 Serializer<T>

A strategy interface for streaming an object to an OutputStream.

Since:

3.0.5

Author:

Gary Russell, Mark Fisher, Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

Deserializer

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	serialize(T object, OutputStream outputStream) Write an object of type T to the given OutputStream.
default byte[]	serializeToByteArray(T object) Turn an object of type T into a serialized byte array.

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

serializeToByteArray

default byte[] serializeToByteArray(T object)
                             throws IOException

Turn an object of type T into a serialized byte array.

Parameters:

object - the object to serialize

Returns:

the resulting byte array

Throws:

IOException - in case of serialization failure

Since:

5.2.7