Package com.gigaspaces.internal.utils

Class ByteUtils

java.lang.Object

com.gigaspaces.internal.utils.ByteUtils

public class ByteUtils
extends Object

Convenient methods for converting objects to and from bytes.

Since:

7.0

Author:

Moran Avigdor

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ByteUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Object	bytesToObject(byte[] bytes)	Convert a byte array into an object.
static byte[]	objectToBytes(Object obj)	Convert an object into byte array.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ByteUtils

public ByteUtils()

Method Details

objectToBytes

public static byte[] objectToBytes(Object obj)
                            throws IOException

Convert an object into byte array.

Parameters:

obj - an object that implements Serializable

Returns:

a byte array representing this object.

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs while writing stream header.

bytesToObject

public static Object bytesToObject(byte[] bytes)
                            throws IOException,
ClassNotFoundException

Convert a byte array into an object.

Parameters:

bytes - a byte array representing the object.

Returns:

an object.

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs while reading stream header.

ClassNotFoundException - Class of a serialized object cannot be found