Coverage Report - org.apache.shiro.io.Serializer
 
Classes in this File Line Coverage Branch Coverage Complexity
Serializer
N/A
N/A
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 /*
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  * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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  * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
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  *
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  *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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  *
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  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
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  * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
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  * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
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  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
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  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
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  * under the License.
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  */
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 package org.apache.shiro.io;
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 /**
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  * A <code>Serializer</code> converts objects to raw binary data and vice versa, enabling persistent storage
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  * of objects to files, HTTP cookies, or other mechanism.
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  * <p/>
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  * A <code>Serializer</code> should only do conversion, never change the data, such as encoding/decoding or
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  * encryption.  These orthogonal concerns are handled elsewhere by Shiro, for example, via
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  * {@link org.apache.shiro.codec.CodecSupport CodecSupport} and {@link org.apache.shiro.crypto.CipherService CipherService}s.
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  *
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  * @param <T> The type of the object being serialized and deserialized.
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  * @since 0.9
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  */
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 public interface Serializer<T> {
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     /**
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      * Converts the specified Object into a byte[] array.  This byte[] array must be able to be reconstructed
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      * back into the original Object form via the {@link #deserialize(byte[]) deserialize} method.
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      *
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      * @param o the Object to convert into a byte[] array.
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      * @return a byte[] array representing the Object's state that can be restored later.
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      * @throws SerializationException if an error occurrs converting the Object into a byte[] array.
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      */
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     byte[] serialize(T o) throws SerializationException;
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     /**
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      * Converts the specified raw byte[] array back into an original Object form.  This byte[] array is expected to
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      * be the output of a previous {@link #serialize(Object) serialize} method call.
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      *
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      * @param serialized the raw data resulting from a previous {@link #serialize(Object) serialize} call.
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      * @return the Object that was previously serialized into the raw byte[] array.
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      * @throws SerializationException if an error occurrs converting the raw byte[] array back into an Object.
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      */
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     T deserialize(byte[] serialized) throws SerializationException;
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 }