Package org.apache.thrift

Class TSerializer

java.lang.Object

org.apache.thrift.TSerializer

public class TSerializer
extends Object

Generic utility for easily serializing objects into a byte array or Java String.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TSerializer()	Create a new TSerializer that uses the TBinaryProtocol by default.
TSerializer(TProtocolFactory protocolFactory)	Create a new TSerializer.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
byte[]	serialize(TBase<?,?> base)	Serialize the Thrift object into a byte array.
String	toString(TBase<?,?> base)	Serialize the Thrift object into a Java string, using the default JVM charset encoding.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

TSerializer

public TSerializer()
            throws TTransportException

Create a new TSerializer that uses the TBinaryProtocol by default.

Throws:

TTransportException - if there an error initializing the underlying transport.

TSerializer

public TSerializer(TProtocolFactory protocolFactory)
            throws TTransportException

Create a new TSerializer. It will use the TProtocol specified by the factory that is passed in.

Parameters:

protocolFactory - Factory to create a protocol

Throws:

TTransportException - if there is an error initializing the underlying transport.

Method Details

serialize

public byte[] serialize(TBase<?,?> base)
                 throws TException

Serialize the Thrift object into a byte array. The process is simple, just clear the byte array output, write the object into it, and grab the raw bytes.

Parameters:

base - The object to serialize

Returns:

Serialized object in byte[] format

Throws:

TException - if an error is encountered during serialization.

toString

public String toString(TBase<?,?> base)
                throws TException

Serialize the Thrift object into a Java string, using the default JVM charset encoding.

Parameters:

base - The object to serialize

Returns:

Serialized object as a String

Throws:

TException - if an error is encountered during serialization.