org.sapia.ubik.rmi.server.transport
Class MarshalledObject

java.lang.Object
  org.sapia.ubik.rmi.server.transport.MarshalledObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

Externalizable, Serializable

public class MarshalledObject
extends Object
implements Externalizable

An instance of this class keeps an object in byte form.

Author:

Yanick Duchesne 17-Sep-2003

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

MarshalledObject()
Do not use.

MarshalledObject(Object o, VmId id, String transportType, String codebase)
Constructor for MarshalledObject.

Method Summary

Object	get(ClassLoader loader) Returns the object that this instance wraps.
void	readExternal(ObjectInput in)
void	writeExternal(ObjectOutput out)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MarshalledObject

public MarshalledObject()

Do not use. Meant for externalization.

MarshalledObject

public MarshalledObject(Object o,
                        VmId id,
                        String transportType,
                        String codebase)
                 throws IOException

Constructor for MarshalledObject.

Throws:

IOException

Method Detail

get

public Object get(ClassLoader loader)
           throws IOException,
                  ClassNotFoundException

Returns the object that this instance wraps. Internally uses the given classloader to deserialize the wrapped object (kept as an array of bytes).

Parameters:

loader - the ClassLoader to use for deserialization.

Returns:

an Object

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs while deserializing.

ClassNotFoundException - if the class of the object to deserialize was not found.

readExternal

public void readExternal(ObjectInput in)
                  throws IOException,
                         ClassNotFoundException

Specified by:

readExternal in interface Externalizable

Throws:

IOException

ClassNotFoundException

See Also:

Externalizable.readExternal(ObjectInput)

writeExternal

public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput out)
                   throws IOException

Specified by:

writeExternal in interface Externalizable

Throws:

IOException

See Also:

Externalizable.writeExternal(ObjectOutput)