org.jgroups.util
Interface Streamable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Address

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthHeader, AuthToken, CAUSAL.CausalHeader, CAUSAL.CausalNewViewHeader, CAUSAL.MissingIndexesMessage, COMPRESS.CompressHeader, Digest, Digest.Entry, DISCARD.DiscardHeader, DrawCommand, ENCRYPT.EncryptHeader, FC.FcHeader, FD_ALL.Header, FD_SIMPLE.FdHeader, FD_SOCK.FdHeader, FD.FdHeader, FixedMembershipToken, FLUSH.FlushHeader, FragHeader, GMS.GmsHeader, GossipData, HTOTAL.HTotalHeader, IpAddress, JMS.JMSAddress, JoinRsp, MD5Token, MergeView, Message, MutableDigest, MuxHeader, NakAckHeader, PingHeader, PingRsp, Range, RequestCorrelator.Header, SEQUENCER.SequencerHeader, ServiceInfo, SFC.Header, SimpleToken, SMACK.SmackHeader, STABLE.StableHeader, STATE_TRANSFER.StateHeader, STREAMING_STATE_TRANSFER.StateHeader, TcpHeader, TpHeader, TunnelHeader, UdpHeader, UNICAST.UnicastHeader, VERIFY_SUSPECT.VerifyHeader, View, VIEW_SYNC.ViewSyncHeader, ViewId, X509Token

public interface Streamable

Implementations of Streamable can add their state directly to the output stream, enabling them to bypass costly serialization

Version:

$Id: Streamable.java,v 1.2 2005/07/25 16:21:47 belaban Exp $

Author:

Bela Ban

Method Summary

void	readFrom(java.io.DataInputStream in) Read the state of the current object (including superclasses) from instream Note that the input stream must not be closed
void	writeTo(java.io.DataOutputStream out) Write the entire state of the current object (including superclasses) to outstream.

Method Detail

writeTo

void writeTo(java.io.DataOutputStream out)
             throws java.io.IOException

Write the entire state of the current object (including superclasses) to outstream. Note that the output stream must not be closed

Throws:

java.io.IOException

readFrom

void readFrom(java.io.DataInputStream in)
              throws java.io.IOException,
                     java.lang.IllegalAccessException,
                     java.lang.InstantiationException

Read the state of the current object (including superclasses) from instream Note that the input stream must not be closed

Throws:

java.io.IOException

java.lang.IllegalAccessException

java.lang.InstantiationException