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1: /** 2: * =================================================== 3: * JCommon-Serializer : a free serialization framework 4: * =================================================== 5: * 6: * Project Info: http://www.jfree.org/jfreereport/jcommon-serializer/ 7: * Project Lead: Thomas Morgner; 8: * 9: * (C) Copyright 2006, by Object Refinery Limited and Pentaho Corporation. 10: * 11: * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms 12: * of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; 13: * either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 14: * 15: * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 16: * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 17: * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. 18: * 19: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this 20: * library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, 21: * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. 22: * 23: * [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. 24: * in the United States and other countries.] 25: * 26: * ------------ 27: * SerializeMethod.java 28: * ------------ 29: * (C) Copyright 2006, by Object Refinery Limited and Pentaho Corporation. 30: * 31: * Original Author: Thomas Morgner; 32: * Contributor(s): -; 33: * 34: * $Id: SerializeMethod.java 1776 2006-04-17 16:03:24Z taqua $ 35: * 36: * Changes 37: * ------- 38: * 39: * 40: */ 41: 42: package org.jfree.serializer; 43: 44: import java.io.IOException; 45: import java.io.ObjectInputStream; 46: import java.io.ObjectOutputStream; 47: 48: /** 49: * The SerializeMethod is used to define a serialization strategy for a certain object 50: * type. 51: * 52: * @author Thomas Morgner 53: */ 54: public interface SerializeMethod 55: { 56: /** 57: * Writes a serializable object description to the given object output stream. 58: * 59: * @param o the to be serialized object. 60: * @param out the outputstream that should receive the object. 61: * @throws IOException if an I/O error occured. 62: */ 63: public void writeObject (Object o, ObjectOutputStream out) 64: throws IOException; 65: 66: /** 67: * Reads the object from the object input stream. 68: * 69: * @param in the object input stream from where to read the serialized data. 70: * @return the generated object. 71: * 72: * @throws IOException if reading the stream failed. 73: * @throws ClassNotFoundException if serialized object class cannot be found. 74: */ 75: public Object readObject (ObjectInputStream in) 76: throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException; 77: 78: /** 79: * The class of the object, which this object can serialize. 80: * 81: * @return the class of the object type, which this method handles. 82: */ 83: public Class getObjectClass (); 84: }