Package org.apache.polygene.api.serialization

Serialization API.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
Converter<T>	Converter for (de)serialization.
Converters	Serialization Converters.
Deserializer	Deserializer.
Serialization	Serialization extends Serializer and Deserializer.
Serialization.Format	Serialization format @Service tags.
Serializer	Serializer.
Serializer.Options	State serializer options.

Class Summary

Class	Description
Converters.Mixin	Serialization Converters default Mixin.
JavaSerializationConverter	A Converter based on Java Serialization.
Serializer.Options.Builder	Builder for Serializer.Options.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
SerializationException	Serialization Exception.

Annotation Types Summary

Annotation Type	Description
ConvertedBy	Convert this type or Property with the given Converter.

Package org.apache.polygene.api.serialization Description

Serialization API.

Serialization extends Serializer and Deserializer.
SerializationException is thrown when something goes wrong.

Serialization implementations should be tagged with Serialization.Format at assembly time so that consumers can specify which format they need:

@Service @Tagged( Serialization.Format.JSON ) Serialization serialization;

Serializers and Deserializers provides methods and functions to (de)serialize objects and set of objects.

Serialized representations might be textual (e.g. JSON and XML) or binary. Implementations are free to use any codec to encode/decode from/to text and bytes but it must be bi-directional.

The serialization behavior can be influenced using Serializer.Options.