com.sleepycat.bind.serial
Class SerialInput

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.io.InputStream
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        +--java.io.ObjectInputStream
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              +--com.sleepycat.bind.serial.SerialInput

All Implemented Interfaces:

DataInput, ObjectInput, ObjectStreamConstants

public class SerialInput

extends ObjectInputStream

A specialized ObjectInputStream that gets class description information from a ClassCatalog. It is used by SerialBinding.

This class is used instead of an ObjectInputStream, which it extends, to read an object stream written by the SerialOutput class. For reading objects from a database normally one of the serial binding classes is used. SerialInput is used when an ObjectInputStream is needed along with compact storage. A ClassCatalog must be supplied, however, to stored shared class descriptions.

Author:

Mark Hayes

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface java.io.ObjectStreamConstants

baseWireHandle, PROTOCOL_VERSION_1, PROTOCOL_VERSION_2, SC_BLOCK_DATA, SC_EXTERNALIZABLE, SC_SERIALIZABLE, SC_WRITE_METHOD, STREAM_MAGIC, STREAM_VERSION, SUBCLASS_IMPLEMENTATION_PERMISSION, SUBSTITUTION_PERMISSION, TC_ARRAY, TC_BASE, TC_BLOCKDATA, TC_BLOCKDATALONG, TC_CLASS, TC_CLASSDESC, TC_ENDBLOCKDATA, TC_EXCEPTION, TC_LONGSTRING, TC_MAX, TC_NULL, TC_OBJECT, TC_PROXYCLASSDESC, TC_REFERENCE, TC_RESET, TC_STRING

Constructor Summary

SerialInput(InputStream in, ClassCatalog classCatalog)
Creates a serial input stream.

Methods inherited from class java.io.ObjectInputStream

available, close, defaultReadObject, read, read, readBoolean, readByte, readChar, readDouble, readFields, readFloat, readFully, readFully, readInt, readLine, readLong, readObject, readShort, readUnshared, readUnsignedByte, readUnsignedShort, readUTF, registerValidation, skipBytes

Methods inherited from class java.io.InputStream

mark, markSupported, read, reset, skip

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.io.ObjectInput

read, skip

Constructor Detail

SerialInput

public SerialInput(InputStream in,
                   ClassCatalog classCatalog)
            throws IOException

Creates a serial input stream.

Parameters:

in - is the input stream from which compact serialized objects will be read.

classCatalog - is the catalog containing the class descriptions for the serialized objects.