com.esotericsoftware.kryo.serializers

Class VersionFieldSerializer<T>

java.lang.Object

com.esotericsoftware.kryo.Serializer<T>

com.esotericsoftware.kryo.serializers.FieldSerializer<T>

com.esotericsoftware.kryo.serializers.VersionFieldSerializer<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator<FieldSerializer.CachedField>

public class VersionFieldSerializer<T>
extends FieldSerializer<T>

Serializes objects using direct field assignment, with versioning backward compatibility. Fields can be added without invalidating previously serialized bytes. Note that removing, renaming or changing the type of a field is not supported. In addition, forward compatibility is not supported.

There is a little additional overhead compared to FieldSerializer. A version varint is written before each object. When deserializing, the input version will be examined to decide what fields are not in the input.

Author:

Tianyi HE

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static interface	VersionFieldSerializer.Since Incremental modification of serialized objects must add VersionFieldSerializer.Since for new fields.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.esotericsoftware.kryo.serializers.FieldSerializer

FieldSerializer.Bind, FieldSerializer.CachedField<X>, FieldSerializer.CachedFieldFactory, FieldSerializer.Optional

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.esotericsoftware.kryo.serializers.FieldSerializer

removedFields

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
VersionFieldSerializer(Kryo kryo, Class type)
VersionFieldSerializer(Kryo kryo, Class type, boolean compatible)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected void	initializeCachedFields()
T	read(Kryo kryo, Input input, Class<T> type) Reads bytes and returns a new object of the specified concrete type.
void	removeField(FieldSerializer.CachedField field) Removes a field so that it won't be serialized.
void	removeField(String fieldName) Removes a field so that it won't be serialized.
void	write(Kryo kryo, Output output, T object) This method can be called for different fields having the same type.

Methods inherited from class com.esotericsoftware.kryo.serializers.FieldSerializer

compare, copy, create, createCopy, getCopyTransient, getField, getFields, getGenerics, getGenericsScope, getKryo, getType, getUseAsmEnabled, getUseMemRegions, rebuildCachedFields, rebuildCachedFields, setCopyTransient, setFieldsAsAccessible, setFieldsCanBeNull, setFixedFieldTypes, setGenerics, setIgnoreSyntheticFields, setUseAsm

Methods inherited from class com.esotericsoftware.kryo.Serializer

getAcceptsNull, isImmutable, setAcceptsNull, setImmutable

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals

Constructor Detail

VersionFieldSerializer

public VersionFieldSerializer(Kryo kryo,
                      Class type)

VersionFieldSerializer

public VersionFieldSerializer(Kryo kryo,
                      Class type,
                      boolean compatible)

Method Detail

initializeCachedFields

protected void initializeCachedFields()

Overrides:

initializeCachedFields in class FieldSerializer<T>

removeField

public void removeField(String fieldName)

Description copied from class: FieldSerializer

Removes a field so that it won't be serialized.

Overrides:

removeField in class FieldSerializer<T>

removeField

public void removeField(FieldSerializer.CachedField field)

Description copied from class: FieldSerializer

Removes a field so that it won't be serialized.

Overrides:

removeField in class FieldSerializer<T>

write

public void write(Kryo kryo,
         Output output,
         T object)

Description copied from class: FieldSerializer

This method can be called for different fields having the same type. Even though the raw type is the same, if the type is generic, it could happen that different concrete classes are used to instantiate it. Therefore, in case of different instantiation parameters, the fields analysis should be repeated. TODO: Cache serializer instances generated for a given set of generic parameters. Reuse it later instead of recomputing every time.

Overrides:

write in class FieldSerializer<T>

object - May be null if Serializer.getAcceptsNull() is true.

read

public T read(Kryo kryo,
     Input input,
     Class<T> type)

Description copied from class: Serializer

Reads bytes and returns a new object of the specified concrete type.

Before Kryo can be used to read child objects, Kryo.reference(Object) must be called with the parent object to ensure it can be referenced by the child objects. Any serializer that uses Kryo to read a child object may need to be reentrant.

This method should not be called directly, instead this serializer can be passed to Kryo read methods that accept a serialier.

Overrides:

read in class FieldSerializer<T>

Returns:

May be null if Serializer.getAcceptsNull() is true.