ToStringSerialiser (uk.gov.gchq.gaffer:gaffer2 2.3.1 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Serialiser<INPUT,String>, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

StringToStringSerialiser
```
public interface ToStringSerialiser<INPUT>
extends Serialiser<INPUT,String>
```
A class that implements this interface is responsible for serialising an object of class T to a String, and for deserialising it back again. It must also be able to deal with serialising null values.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default INPUT`	`deserialiseEmpty()`	Handle an empty String and reconstruct an appropriate representation in Object form.
`default String`	`serialiseNull()`	Handle an incoming null value and generate an appropriate String representation.

Methods inherited from interface uk.gov.gchq.gaffer.serialisation.Serialiser
canHandle, deserialise, isConsistent, preservesObjectOrdering, serialise

- Method Detail
  - serialiseNull
```
default String serialiseNull()
```
    Handle an incoming null value and generate an appropriate String representation.
    
    Specified by:
    
    serialiseNull in interface Serialiser<INPUT,String>
    
    Returns:
    
    the serialised output
  - deserialiseEmpty
```
default INPUT deserialiseEmpty()
```
    Handle an empty String and reconstruct an appropriate representation in Object form.
    
    Specified by:
    
    deserialiseEmpty in interface Serialiser<INPUT,String>
    
    Returns:
    
    the deserialised object