/*
* Copyright 2004-2019 H2 Group. Multiple-Licensed under the MPL 2.0,
* and the EPL 1.0 (http://h2database.com/html/license.html).
* Initial Developer: H2 Group
*/
package org.h2.api;
Custom serialization mechanism for java objects being stored in column of
type OTHER.
Author: Sergi Vladykin
/**
* Custom serialization mechanism for java objects being stored in column of
* type OTHER.
*
* @author Sergi Vladykin
*/
public interface JavaObjectSerializer {
Serialize object to byte array.
Params: - obj – the object to serialize
Returns: the byte array of the serialized object
/**
* Serialize object to byte array.
*
* @param obj the object to serialize
* @return the byte array of the serialized object
*/
byte[] serialize(Object obj) throws Exception;
Deserialize object from byte array.
Params: - bytes – the byte array of the serialized object
Returns: the object
/**
* Deserialize object from byte array.
*
* @param bytes the byte array of the serialized object
* @return the object
*/
Object deserialize(byte[] bytes) throws Exception;
}