akka.serialization
Class ByteArraySerializer

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

public class ByteArraySerializer
extends java.lang.Object
implements Serializer

This is a special Serializer that Serializes and deserializes byte arrays only, (just returns the byte array unchanged/uncopied)


Constructor Summary
ByteArraySerializer()
           
 
Method Summary
 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
 byte[] toBinary(java.lang.Object o)
          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

ByteArraySerializer

public ByteArraySerializer()
Method Detail

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
Returns:
(undocumented)

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
Returns:
(undocumented)

toBinary

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

Specified by:
toBinary in interface Serializer
Parameters:
o - (undocumented)
Returns:
(undocumented)

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
Parameters:
bytes - (undocumented)
clazz - (undocumented)
Returns:
(undocumented)