Package io.servicetalk.serializer.api

Interface Serializer<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of objects that can be serialized.

All Known Subinterfaces:

SerializerDeserializer<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

ByteArraySerializer, StringSerializer

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface Serializer<T>

Serialize from Serializer to Buffer.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default Buffer	serialize(T toSerialize, BufferAllocator allocator)	Serialize the Serializer parameter to a Buffer.
void	serialize(T toSerialize, BufferAllocator allocator, Buffer buffer)	Serialize the Serializer parameter to the Buffer parameter.

Method Details

serialize

void serialize(T toSerialize,
 BufferAllocator allocator,
 Buffer buffer)

Serialize the Serializer parameter to the Buffer parameter.

Parameters:

toSerialize - The Serializer to serialize.

allocator - Used to allocate intermediate Buffers if required.

buffer - Where the results of the serialization will be written to.

serialize

default Buffer serialize(T toSerialize,
 BufferAllocator allocator)

Serialize the Serializer parameter to a Buffer.

Parameters:

toSerialize - The Serializer to serialize.

allocator - Used to allocate the buffer to serialize to.

Returns:

The results of the serialization.