org.objectweb.jonas_ejb.lib
Class MarshallTool

java.lang.Object
  org.objectweb.jonas_ejb.lib.MarshallTool

public class MarshallTool
extends java.lang.Object

Contains static methods to marshall/unmarshall objects to/from a byte[]

Author:

Vincent Trussart (vincent@linuxfreak.com) : Initial developer, Helene Joanin

Constructor Summary

MarshallTool()

Method Summary

static java.io.Serializable	fromBytes(byte[] bytes) Converts byte array to an instance of java.io.Serializable
static byte[]	toBytes(java.io.Serializable o) Converts an instance of java.io.Serializable to a serialized byte array

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MarshallTool

public MarshallTool()

Method Detail

toBytes

public static byte[] toBytes(java.io.Serializable o)
                      throws java.io.IOException

Converts an instance of java.io.Serializable to a serialized byte array

Parameters:

o - Object to serialize

Returns:

byte array containing the serialization of the Serializable object

Throws:

java.io.IOException - in error case

fromBytes

public static java.io.Serializable fromBytes(byte[] bytes)
                                      throws java.io.IOException,
                                             java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Converts byte array to an instance of java.io.Serializable

Parameters:

bytes - A byte array containing the a serialized object

Returns:

the unmarshalled object

Throws:

java.io.IOException - in error case

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - in error case