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package akka.serialization
/**
* Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Typesafe Inc.
*/
import java.io.{ ObjectOutputStream, ByteArrayOutputStream, ObjectInputStream, ByteArrayInputStream }
import akka.util.ClassLoaderObjectInputStream
import akka.actor.DynamicAccess
import akka.actor.ExtendedActorSystem
import scala.util.DynamicVariable
/**
* A Serializer represents a bimap between an object and an array of bytes representing that object.
*
* Serializers are loaded using reflection during [[akka.actor.ActorSystem]]
* start-up, where two constructors are tried in order:
*
*
* - taking exactly one argument of type [[akka.actor.ExtendedActorSystem]];
* this should be the preferred one because all reflective loading of classes
* during deserialization should use ExtendedActorSystem.dynamicAccess (see
* [[akka.actor.DynamicAccess]]), and
* - without arguments, which is only an option if the serializer does not
* load classes using reflection.
*
*
* Be sure to always use the PropertyManager for loading classes! This is necessary to
* avoid strange match errors and inequalities which arise from different class loaders loading
* the same class.
*/
trait Serializer {
/**
* Completely unique value to identify this implementation of Serializer, used to optimize network traffic
* Values from 0 to 16 is reserved for Akka internal usage
*/
def identifier: Int
/**
* Serializes the given object into an Array of Byte
*/
def toBinary(o: AnyRef): Array[Byte]
/**
* Returns whether this serializer needs a manifest in the fromBinary method
*/
def includeManifest: Boolean
/**
* Produces an object from an array of bytes, with an optional type-hint;
* the class should be loaded using ActorSystem.dynamicAccess.
*/
def fromBinary(bytes: Array[Byte], manifest: Option[Class[_]]): AnyRef
/**
* Java API: deserialize without type hint
*/
final def fromBinary(bytes: Array[Byte]): AnyRef = fromBinary(bytes, None)
/**
* Java API: deserialize with type hint
*/
final def fromBinary(bytes: Array[Byte], clazz: Class[_]): AnyRef = fromBinary(bytes, Option(clazz))
}
/**
* Java API for creating a Serializer: make sure to include a constructor which
* takes exactly one argument of type [[akka.actor.ExtendedActorSystem]], because
* that is the preferred constructor which will be invoked when reflectively instantiating
* the JSerializer (also possible with empty constructor).
*/
abstract class JSerializer extends Serializer {
final def fromBinary(bytes: Array[Byte], manifest: Option[Class[_]]): AnyRef =
fromBinaryJava(bytes, manifest.orNull)
/**
* This method must be implemented, manifest may be null.
*/
protected def fromBinaryJava(bytes: Array[Byte], manifest: Class[_]): AnyRef
}
object NullSerializer extends NullSerializer
object JavaSerializer {
/**
* This holds a reference to the current ActorSystem (the surrounding context)
* during serialization and deserialization.
*
* If you are using Serializers yourself, outside of SerializationExtension,
* you'll need to surround the serialization/deserialization with:
*
* currentSystem.withValue(system) {
* ...code...
* }
*/
val currentSystem = new DynamicVariable[ExtendedActorSystem](null)
}
/**
* This Serializer uses standard Java Serialization
*/
class JavaSerializer(val system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends Serializer {
def includeManifest: Boolean = false
def identifier = 1
def toBinary(o: AnyRef): Array[Byte] = {
val bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream
val out = new ObjectOutputStream(bos)
JavaSerializer.currentSystem.withValue(system) { out.writeObject(o) }
out.close()
bos.toByteArray
}
def fromBinary(bytes: Array[Byte], clazz: Option[Class[_]]): AnyRef = {
val in = new ClassLoaderObjectInputStream(system.dynamicAccess.classLoader, new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes))
val obj = JavaSerializer.currentSystem.withValue(system) { in.readObject }
in.close()
obj
}
}
/**
* This is a special Serializer that Serializes and deserializes nulls only
*/
class NullSerializer extends Serializer {
val nullAsBytes = Array[Byte]()
def includeManifest: Boolean = false
def identifier = 0
def toBinary(o: AnyRef) = nullAsBytes
def fromBinary(bytes: Array[Byte], clazz: Option[Class[_]]): AnyRef = null
}