org.openmrs.serialization

Interface OpenmrsSerializer

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleXStreamSerializer

public interface OpenmrsSerializer

Implementations of this interface provide serialization implementations for OpenMRS.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> T	deserialize(String serializedObject, Class<? extends T> clazz) Deserialize the given string into a full object
String	serialize(Object o) Turn the current object into an identifying string that can be retrieved later

Method Detail

serialize

String serialize(Object o)
          throws SerializationException

Turn the current object into an identifying string that can be retrieved later

Parameters:

o - - the object to serialize

Returns:

String representing this object

Throws:

SerializationException

deserialize

<T> T deserialize(String serializedObject,
                  Class<? extends T> clazz)
           throws SerializationException

Deserialize the given string into a full object

Parameters:

serializedObject - - String to deserialize

clazz - - The class to deserialize the Object into

Returns:

hydrated object of the appropriate type

Throws:

SerializationException