SerializeMethod

All Known Implementing Classes:

Arc2DSerializer, AttributedStringSerializer, BasicStrokeSerializer, Dimension2DSerializer, Ellipse2DSerializer, GeneralPathSerializer, GradientPaintSerializer, Line2DSerializer, PageFormatSerializer, Point2DSerializer, Rectangle2DSerializer, RoundRectangle2DSerializer
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public interface SerializeMethod
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The SerializeMethod is used to define a serialization strategy for a certain object type.

Author:

Thomas Morgner

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Class`	`getObjectClass()`	The class of the object, which this object can serialize.
`java.lang.Object`	`readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream in)`	Reads the object from the object input stream.
`void`	`writeObject(java.lang.Object o, java.io.ObjectOutputStream out)`	Writes a serializable object description to the given object output stream.

- Method Detail
  - writeObject
```
void writeObject(java.lang.Object o,
                 java.io.ObjectOutputStream out)
          throws java.io.IOException
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    Writes a serializable object description to the given object output stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    o - the to be serialized object.
    
    out - the outputstream that should receive the object.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occured.
  - readObject
```
java.lang.Object readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream in)
                     throws java.io.IOException,
                            java.lang.ClassNotFoundException
```
    Reads the object from the object input stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    in - the object input stream from where to read the serialized data.
    
    Returns:
    
    the generated object.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if reading the stream failed.
    
    java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - if serialized object class cannot be found.
  - getObjectClass
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java.lang.Class getObjectClass()
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    The class of the object, which this object can serialize.
    
    Returns:
    
    the class of the object type, which this method handles.