cascading.flow.hadoop.util
Interface ObjectSerializer

All Known Implementing Classes:

JavaObjectSerializer

public interface ObjectSerializer

Class ObjectSerializer is an experimental interface for allowing custom java.lang.Object subclass serialization other than via the java.io.Serializable interface.

To use, set the OBJECT_SERIALIZER_PROPERTY value on the flow configuration.

Field Summary

static String

OBJECT_SERIALIZER_PROPERTY

Method Summary

<T> boolean	accepts(Class<T> type)
<T> T	deserialize(byte[] bytes, Class<T> type, boolean decompress)
<T> byte[]	serialize(T object, boolean compress)

Field Detail

OBJECT_SERIALIZER_PROPERTY

static final String OBJECT_SERIALIZER_PROPERTY

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

serialize

<T> byte[] serialize(T object,
                     boolean compress)
                 throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

deserialize

<T> T deserialize(byte[] bytes,
                  Class<T> type,
                  boolean decompress)
              throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

accepts

<T> boolean accepts(Class<T> type)