DataConverter (client 1.5.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

JacksonDataConverter
```
public interface DataConverter
```
Interface for serializing and deserializing data that gets passed to and from orchestrators and activities.
Implementations of this abstract class are free to use any serialization method. Currently, only strings are supported as the serialized representation of data. Byte array payloads and streams are not supported by this abstraction. Note that these methods all accept null values, in which case the return value should also be null.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static class DataConverter.DataConverterException

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`<T> T`	`deserialize(java.lang.String data, java.lang.Class<T> target)`	Deserializes the given text data into an object of the specified type.
`static java.time.Instant`	`getInstantFromTimestamp(com.google.protobuf.Timestamp ts)`
`static com.google.protobuf.Timestamp`	`getTimestampFromInstant(java.time.Instant instant)`
`java.lang.String`	`serialize(java.lang.Object value)`	Serializes the input into a text representation.

- Method Detail
  - serialize
```
@Nullable
java.lang.String serialize(@Nullable
                           java.lang.Object value)
```
    Serializes the input into a text representation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the value to be serialized
    
    Returns:
    
    a serialized text representation of the value or null if the value is null
  - deserialize
```
@Nullable
<T> T deserialize(@Nullable
                  java.lang.String data,
                  java.lang.Class<T> target)
```
    Deserializes the given text data into an object of the specified type.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - the generic parameter type representing the target class to deserialize the input into
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the text data to deserialize into an object
    
    target - the target class to deserialize the input into
    
    Returns:
    
    a deserialized object of type T
    
    Throws:
    
    DataConverter.DataConverterException - if the text data cannot be deserialized
  - getInstantFromTimestamp
```
static java.time.Instant getInstantFromTimestamp(com.google.protobuf.Timestamp ts)
```
  - getTimestampFromInstant
```
static com.google.protobuf.Timestamp getTimestampFromInstant(java.time.Instant instant)
```