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41   * Copyright 2003-2004 (C) Exoffice Technologies Inc. All Rights Reserved.
42   *
43   * $Id: SerializationHelper.java,v 1.1 2004/11/26 01:51:06 tanderson Exp $
44   */
45  package org.exolab.jms.net.util;
46  
47  import java.io.IOException;
48  import java.io.ObjectInput;
49  import java.io.ObjectOutput;
50  
51  
52  /***
53   * Helper class for serializing and deserializing objects efficiently
54   *
55   * @author <a href="mailto:tma@netspace.net.au">Tim Anderson</a>
56   * @version $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2004/11/26 01:51:06 $
57   * @see Delegate
58   */
59  public final class SerializationHelper {
60  
61      /***
62       * Prevent construction of helper class
63       */
64      private SerializationHelper() {
65      }
66  
67      /***
68       * Write an object of the specified type to a stream
69       *
70       * @param type   the type of the object
71       * @param object the object to write
72       * @param out    the stream to write to
73       * @throws IOException if the object can't be written
74       */
75      public static void write(Class type, Object object, ObjectOutput out)
76              throws IOException {
77  
78          if (type.isPrimitive()) {
79              if (type == boolean.class) {
80                  out.writeBoolean(((Boolean) object).booleanValue());
81              } else if (type == byte.class) {
82                  out.writeByte(((Byte) object).byteValue());
83              } else if (type == char.class) {
84                  out.writeChar(((Character) object).charValue());
85              } else if (type == short.class) {
86                  out.writeShort(((Short) object).shortValue());
87              } else if (type == int.class) {
88                  out.writeInt(((Integer) object).intValue());
89              } else if (type == long.class) {
90                  out.writeLong(((Long) object).longValue());
91              } else if (type == float.class) {
92                  out.writeFloat(((Float) object).floatValue());
93              } else if (type == double.class) {
94                  out.writeDouble(((Double) object).doubleValue());
95              } else {
96                  throw new IOException("Unsupported primitive type: " + type);
97              }
98          } else {
99              out.writeObject(object);
100         }
101     }
102 
103     /***
104      * Read an object of the specified type from a stream
105      *
106      * @param type the type of the object
107      * @param in   the stream to read from
108      * @return the deserialized object
109      * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class for a serialized object
110      *                                cannot be found
111      * @throws IOException            if the object can't be read
112      */
113     public static Object read(Class type, ObjectInput in)
114             throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException {
115         Object result;
116         if (type.isPrimitive()) {
117             if (type == boolean.class) {
118                 result = new Boolean(in.readBoolean());
119             } else if (type == byte.class) {
120                 result = new Byte(in.readByte());
121             } else if (type == char.class) {
122                 result = new Character(in.readChar());
123             } else if (type == short.class) {
124                 result = new Short(in.readShort());
125             } else if (type == int.class) {
126                 result = new Integer(in.readInt());
127             } else if (type == long.class) {
128                 result = new Long(in.readLong());
129             } else if (type == float.class) {
130                 result = new Float(in.readFloat());
131             } else if (type == double.class) {
132                 result = new Double(in.readDouble());
133             } else {
134                 throw new IOException("Unsupported primitive type: " + type);
135             }
136         } else {
137             result = in.readObject();
138         }
139         return result;
140     }
141 
142 }