org.apache.wiki.util
Class Serializer

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.wiki.util.Serializer

public final class Serializer
extends Object

Provides static helper functions for serializing different objects.

Since:

2.8

Field Summary

protected static String

BASE64_PREFIX Prefix used to indicated that a serialized item was encoded with Base64.

Method Summary

static Map<String,? extends Serializable>	deserializeFromBase64(String rawString) Deserializes a Base64-encoded String into a HashMap.
static String	serializeToBase64(Map<String,Serializable> map) Serializes a Map and formats it into a Base64-encoded String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

BASE64_PREFIX

protected static final String BASE64_PREFIX

Prefix used to indicated that a serialized item was encoded with Base64.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

deserializeFromBase64

public static Map<String,? extends Serializable> deserializeFromBase64(String rawString)
                                                                throws IOException

Deserializes a Base64-encoded String into a HashMap. Both the keys and values must implement Serializable.

Parameters:

rawString - the String contents containing the map to be deserialized

Returns:

the attributes, parsed into a Map

Throws:

IOException - if the contents cannot be parsed for any reason

serializeToBase64

public static String serializeToBase64(Map<String,Serializable> map)
                                throws IOException

Serializes a Map and formats it into a Base64-encoded String. For ease of serialization, the Map contents are first copied into a HashMap, then serialized into a byte array that is encoded as a Base64 String.

Parameters:

map - the Map to serialize

Returns:

a String representing the serialized form of the Map

Throws:

IOException - If serialization cannot be done