ca.jeb.protobuf

Class ProtobufSerializer

java.lang.Object

ca.jeb.protobuf.ProtobufSerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

IProtobufSerializer

public class ProtobufSerializer
extends Object
implements IProtobufSerializer

This class' has two methods for serialization:

1. toProtobuf: serialize to a Protobuf
2. fromProtobuf: serialize from a Protobuf object

This class can be used as Java bean and thus a singleton.

Author:

Erick Bourgeois

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ProtobufSerializer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	fromProtobuf(com.google.protobuf.Message protobuf, Class<?> pojoClazz) Implement the fromProtobuf method to set all ProtoBufAttributes on the supplied POJO class.
com.google.protobuf.Message	toProtobuf(Object pojo) Implement the toProtobuf method that will convert this object to a GeneratedMessage G.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ProtobufSerializer

public ProtobufSerializer()

Method Detail

toProtobuf

public com.google.protobuf.Message toProtobuf(Object pojo)
                                       throws ProtobufException

Description copied from interface: IProtobufSerializer

Implement the toProtobuf method that will convert this object to a GeneratedMessage G.

Specified by:

toProtobuf in interface IProtobufSerializer

Parameters:

pojo - - POJO object to serialize into a Protobuf of generic type G

Returns:

Message - a new instance of a Protobuf GeneratedMessage, which implements Message

Throws:

ProtobufException

See Also:

IProtobufSerializer.toProtobuf(java.lang.Object)

fromProtobuf

public Object fromProtobuf(com.google.protobuf.Message protobuf,
                           Class<?> pojoClazz)
                    throws ProtobufException

Description copied from interface: IProtobufSerializer

Implement the fromProtobuf method to set all ProtoBufAttributes on the supplied POJO class.

Specified by:

fromProtobuf in interface IProtobufSerializer

Parameters:

protobuf - - GeneratedMessage, the object to "deserialize" into a POJO

pojoClazz - - Class type to "deserialize" to

Returns:

Object - a new instance of pojoClazz

Throws:

ProtobufException

See Also:

IProtobufSerializer.fromProtobuf(Message, Class)