core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/service/Serializer.java

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 * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
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package org.onosproject.store.service;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

import org.onlab.util.KryoNamespace;

import com.google.common.collect.Lists;

/**
 * Interface for serialization for store artifacts.
 */
public interface Serializer {
    /**
     * Serialize the specified object.
     * @param object object to serialize.
     * @return serialized bytes.
     * @param <T> encoded type
     */
    <T> byte[] encode(T object);

    /**
     * Deserialize the specified bytes.
     * @param bytes byte array to deserialize.
     * @return deserialized object.
     * @param <T> decoded type
     */
    <T> T decode(byte[] bytes);

    /**
     * Creates a new Serializer instance from a KryoNamespace.
     *
     * @param kryo kryo namespace
     * @return Serializer instance
     */
    static Serializer using(KryoNamespace kryo) {
        return using(Arrays.asList(kryo));
    }

    static Serializer using(List<KryoNamespace> namespaces, Class<?>... classes) {
        KryoNamespace.Builder builder = new KryoNamespace.Builder();
        namespaces.forEach(builder::register);
        Lists.newArrayList(classes).forEach(builder::register);
        builder.register(MapEvent.class, MapEvent.Type.class, Versioned.class);
        KryoNamespace namespace = builder.build();
        return new Serializer() {
            @Override
            public <T> byte[] encode(T object) {
                return namespace.serialize(object);
            }

            @Override
            public <T> T decode(byte[] bytes) {
                return namespace.deserialize(bytes);
            }
        };
    }

    static Serializer forTypes(Class<?>... classes) {
        return using(KryoNamespace.newBuilder()
                                  .register(classes)
                                  .register(MapEvent.class, MapEvent.Type.class)
                                  .build());
    }
}