Package org.apache.datasketches

Class ArrayOfItemsSerDe<T>

java.lang.Object

org.apache.datasketches.ArrayOfItemsSerDe<T>

Type Parameters:

T - Type of item

Direct Known Subclasses:

ArrayOfBooleansSerDe, ArrayOfDoublesSerDe, ArrayOfLongsSerDe, ArrayOfNumbersSerDe, ArrayOfStringsSerDe, ArrayOfUtf16StringsSerDe

public abstract class ArrayOfItemsSerDe<T>
extends Object

Base class for serializing and deserializing custom types.

Author:

Alexander Saydakov

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ArrayOfItemsSerDe()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract T[]	deserializeFromMemory(org.apache.datasketches.memory.Memory mem, int numItems)	Deserialize an array of items from a given Memory object.
abstract byte[]	serializeToByteArray(T[] items)	Serialize an array of items to byte array.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ArrayOfItemsSerDe

public ArrayOfItemsSerDe()

Method Details

serializeToByteArray

public abstract byte[] serializeToByteArray(T[] items)

Serialize an array of items to byte array. The size of the array doesn't need to be serialized. This method is called by the sketch serialization process.

Parameters:

items - array of items to be serialized

Returns:

serialized representation of the given array of items

deserializeFromMemory

public abstract T[] deserializeFromMemory(org.apache.datasketches.memory.Memory mem, int numItems)

Deserialize an array of items from a given Memory object. This method is called by the sketch deserialization process.

Parameters:

mem - Memory containing a serialized array of items

numItems - number of items in the serialized array

Returns:

deserialized array of items