de.ailis.pherialize

Class Pherialize

java.lang.Object

de.ailis.pherialize.Pherialize

public class Pherialize
extends Object

The main interface to Pherialize. Just implements the static methods serialize and unserialize for easier usage of the Serializer and Unserializer classes.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Klaus Reimer (k@ailis.de)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	serialize(Object object) Returns the serialized representation of the specified object.
static String	serialize(Object object, Charset charset) Returns the serialized representation of the specified object.
static Mixed	unserialize(String data) Returns the unserialized object of the specified PHP serialize format string.
static Mixed	unserialize(String data, Charset charset) Returns the unserialized object of the specified PHP serialize format string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

serialize

public static String serialize(Object object,
                               Charset charset)

Returns the serialized representation of the specified object.

Parameters:

object - The object to serialize

charset - The charset of data.

Returns:

The serialized representation of the object

serialize

public static String serialize(Object object)

Returns the serialized representation of the specified object.

Parameters:

object - The object to serialize

Returns:

The serialized representation of the object

unserialize

public static Mixed unserialize(String data,
                                Charset charset)

Returns the unserialized object of the specified PHP serialize format string. The returned object is wrapped in a Mixed object allowing easy conversion to any data type needed. This wrapping is needed because PHP is a loosely typed language and it is quite propable that a boolean is sometimes a int or a string. So with the Mixed wrapper object you can easily decide on your own how to interpret the unserialized data.

Parameters:

data - The serialized data

charset - The charset of data.

Returns:

The unserialized object

unserialize

public static Mixed unserialize(String data)

Returns the unserialized object of the specified PHP serialize format string. The returned object is wrapped in a Mixed object allowing easy conversion to any data type needed. This wrapping is needed because PHP is a loosely typed language and it is quite propable that a boolean is sometimes a int or a string. So with the Mixed wrapper object you can easily decide on your own how to interpret the unserialized data.

Parameters:

data - The serialized data

Returns:

The unserialized object