Package uk.gov.gchq.gaffer.serialisation.implementation

Class StringSerialiser

    • Constructor Detail

      • StringSerialiser

        public StringSerialiser()

    • Method Detail

      • canHandle

        public boolean canHandle​(Class clazz)
        Description copied from interface: Serialiser
        Check whether the serialiser can serialise a particular class.

        //Warning: Due to erasure you may get false positives. e.g. 

         
 Set<Foo> set = Sets.newHashSet();
 boolean b = new Serialiser<Set<Bar>, byte[]>().canHandle(set.getClass());
 b will incorrectly be true because of type erasure between Set<Foo> Set<Bar>
        Parameters:
        clazz - the object class to serialise
        Returns:
        boolean true if it can be handled

      • deserialiseEmpty

        public String deserialiseEmpty()
        Description copied from interface: ToBytesSerialiser
        Handle an empty byte array and reconstruct an appropriate representation in T form.
        Returns:
        T the deserialised object

      • preservesObjectOrdering

        public boolean preservesObjectOrdering()
        Description copied from interface: ToBytesSerialiser
        Indicates whether the serialisation process preserves the ordering of the T, i.e. if x and y are objects of class T, and x is less than y, then this method should return true if the serialised form of x is guaranteed to be less than the serialised form of y (using the standard ordering of byte arrays). If T is not Comparable then this test makes no sense and false should be returned.
        Returns:
        true if the serialisation will preserve the order of the T, otherwise false.

      • isConsistent

        public boolean isConsistent()
        Description copied from interface: Serialiser
        Indicates whether the serialisation process produces a predictable, consistent OUTPUT, from a given INPUT, ie the same object should always serialise in the same way for this to be true.
        Returns:
        true if serialisation is consistent for a given object, otherwise false.

      • hashCode

        public int hashCode()
        Overrides:
        hashCode in class Object