1 /**
2 * JDBM LICENSE v1.00
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25 *
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27 * (http://jdbm.sourceforge.net/).
28 *
29 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE JDBM PROJECT AND CONTRIBUTORS
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33 * CEES DE GROOT OR ANY CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
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41 *
42 * Copyright 2001 (C) Alex Boisvert. All Rights Reserved.
43 * Contributions are Copyright (C) 2001 by their associated contributors.
44 *
45 */
46
47 package jdbm.helper;
48
49 import java.io.IOException;
50
51
52 /**
53 * Serializer for byte arrays -- simple returns the byte array itself. No actual
54 * serialization is performed.
55 *
56 * @author <a href="mailto:boisvert@intalio.com">Alex Boisvert</a>
57 * @version $Id: ByteArraySerializer.java,v 1.1 2003/03/21 02:48:42 boisvert Exp $
58 */
59 public final class ByteArraySerializer
60 implements Serializer
61 {
62
63 /**
64 * Version id for serialization.
65 */
66 final static long serialVersionUID = 1L;
67
68
69 /**
70 * Static instance.
71 */
72 public static final ByteArraySerializer INSTANCE = new ByteArraySerializer();
73
74
75 /**
76 * Serialize the content of an object into a byte array.
77 *
78 * @param obj Object to serialize
79 * @return a byte array representing the object's state
80 *
81 */
82 public byte[] serialize( Object obj )
83 throws IOException
84 {
85 return (byte[]) obj;
86 }
87
88
89 /**
90 * Deserialize the content of an object from a byte array.
91 *
92 * @param serialized Byte array representation of the object
93 * @return deserialized object
94 *
95 */
96 public Object deserialize( byte[] serialized )
97 throws IOException
98 {
99 return serialized;
100 }
101
102 }