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Interface Persistable

All Known Subinterfaces:

VersionedPersistable

public interface Persistable

This interface marks an object that can be persisted to a ByteBuffer.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	read(ByteBuffer buffer) Reads the object from the given ByteBuffer. Upon return from this method, the buffer's position will have advanced past the read data.
int	size() Returns the size in bytes of the object's persisted form.
void	write(ByteBuffer buffer) Writes the object to the given ByteBuffer. Upon return from this method, the buffer's position will have advanced past the written data.

Method Detail

size

int size()

Returns the size in bytes of the object's persisted form.

Returns:

The size in bytes of the object's persisted form.

write

void write(ByteBuffer buffer)

Writes the object to the given ByteBuffer.
Upon return from this method, the buffer's position will have advanced past the written data.

Parameters:

buffer - The buffer to which the object is to be written.

read

void read(ByteBuffer buffer)

Reads the object from the given ByteBuffer.
Upon return from this method, the buffer's position will have advanced past the read data.

Parameters:

buffer - The buffer from which the object is to be read.