Package anbxj

Class Crypto_SerializationUtils

java.lang.Object

anbxj.Crypto_SerializationUtils

public final class Crypto_SerializationUtils
extends Object

Utility methods for serializing/deserializing objects using standard Java serialization. These are used by protocol-specific protobuf serializers to embed cryptographic wrappers (e.g., SignedObject) as opaque bytes.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Object	deserialize(byte[] data)	Deserializes an object from a byte array.
static byte[]	serialize(Object obj)	Serializes an object to a byte array using Java object serialization.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

serialize

public static byte[] serialize(Object obj)
                        throws IOException

Serializes an object to a byte array using Java object serialization.

Parameters:

obj - the object to serialize (must implement Serializable)

Returns:

the serialized bytes

Throws:

IOException - if serialization fails

deserialize

public static Object deserialize(byte[] data)
                          throws IOException,
ClassNotFoundException

Deserializes an object from a byte array.

Parameters:

data - the bytes produced by serialize(Object)

Returns:

the deserialized object

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

ClassNotFoundException - if the class of the serialized object cannot be found