akka.serialization
Class ByteArraySerializer

java.lang.Object
  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)