org.apache.shiro.io
Class XmlSerializer

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.shiro.io.XmlSerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializer

public class XmlSerializer
extends Object
implements Serializer

Serializer implementation that uses the JavaBeans XMLEncoder and XMLDecoder to serialize and deserialize, respectively.

NOTE: The JavaBeans XMLEncoder/XMLDecoder only successfully encode/decode objects when they are JavaBeans compatible!

Since:

0.9

Constructor Summary

XmlSerializer()

Method Summary

Object	deserialize(byte[] serialized) Deserializes the specified serialized source back into an Object by using a ByteArrayInputStream to wrap the argument and then decode this stream via an XMLDecoder, where the readObject call results in the original Object to return.
byte[]	serialize(Object source) Serializes the specified source into a byte[] array by using the XMLEncoder to encode the object out to a ByteArrayOutputStream, where the resulting byte[] array is returned.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

XmlSerializer

public XmlSerializer()

Method Detail

serialize

public byte[] serialize(Object source)

Serializes the specified source into a byte[] array by using the XMLEncoder to encode the object out to a ByteArrayOutputStream, where the resulting byte[] array is returned.

Specified by:

serialize in interface Serializer

Parameters:

source - the Object to convert into a byte[] array.

Returns:

the byte[] array representation of the XML encoded output.

deserialize

public Object deserialize(byte[] serialized)

Deserializes the specified serialized source back into an Object by using a ByteArrayInputStream to wrap the argument and then decode this stream via an XMLDecoder, where the readObject call results in the original Object to return.

Specified by:

deserialize in interface Serializer

Parameters:

serialized - the byte[] array representation of the XML encoded output.

Returns:

the original source Object in reconstituted form.