akka.remote.serialization
Class ProtobufSerializer

java.lang.Object
  extended by akka.remote.serialization.ProtobufSerializer
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializer

public class ProtobufSerializer
extends java.lang.Object
implements Serializer

This Serializer serializes com.google.protobuf.Messages


Constructor Summary
ProtobufSerializer()
           
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.Class<?>[] ARRAY_OF_BYTE_ARRAY()
           
static ActorRef deserializeActorRef(ExtendedActorSystem system, WireFormats.ActorRefData refProtocol)
          Helper to materialize (lookup) an ActorRef from Akka's protobuf representation in the supplied ActorSystem.
 java.lang.Object fromBinary(byte[] bytes, scala.Option<java.lang.Class<?>> clazz)
          Produces an object from an array of bytes, with an optional type-hint; the class should be loaded using ActorSystem.dynamicAccess.
 int identifier()
          Completely unique value to identify this implementation of Serializer, used to optimize network traffic Values from 0 to 16 is reserved for Akka internal usage
 boolean includeManifest()
          Returns whether this serializer needs a manifest in the fromBinary method
static WireFormats.ActorRefData serializeActorRef(ActorRef ref)
          Helper to serialize an ActorRef to Akka's protobuf representation.
 byte[] toBinary(java.lang.Object obj)
          Serializes the given object into an Array of Byte
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface akka.serialization.Serializer
fromBinary, fromBinary
 

Constructor Detail

ProtobufSerializer

public ProtobufSerializer()
Method Detail

serializeActorRef

public static WireFormats.ActorRefData serializeActorRef(ActorRef ref)
Helper to serialize an ActorRef to Akka's protobuf representation.


deserializeActorRef

public static ActorRef deserializeActorRef(ExtendedActorSystem system,
                                           WireFormats.ActorRefData refProtocol)
Helper to materialize (lookup) an ActorRef from Akka's protobuf representation in the supplied ActorSystem.


ARRAY_OF_BYTE_ARRAY

public java.lang.Class<?>[] ARRAY_OF_BYTE_ARRAY()

includeManifest

public boolean includeManifest()
Description copied from interface: Serializer
Returns whether this serializer needs a manifest in the fromBinary method

Specified by:
includeManifest in interface Serializer

identifier

public int identifier()
Description copied from interface: Serializer
Completely unique value to identify this implementation of Serializer, used to optimize network traffic Values from 0 to 16 is reserved for Akka internal usage

Specified by:
identifier in interface Serializer

toBinary

public byte[] toBinary(java.lang.Object obj)
Description copied from interface: Serializer
Serializes the given object into an Array of Byte

Specified by:
toBinary in interface Serializer

fromBinary

public java.lang.Object fromBinary(byte[] bytes,
                                   scala.Option<java.lang.Class<?>> clazz)
Description copied from interface: Serializer
Produces an object from an array of bytes, with an optional type-hint; the class should be loaded using ActorSystem.dynamicAccess.

Specified by:
fromBinary in interface Serializer