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The 112 deserialized objects are returned by the binding, and their 113 <code>Class</code> must implement the <code>Serializable</code> 114 interface.</p> 115 116 <p>For key bindings, a tuple binding is usually a better choice than a 117 serial binding. A tuple binding gives a reasonable sort order, and works 118 with comparators in all cases -- see below.</p> 119 120 <p><em>WARNING:</em> SerialBinding should not be used with Berkeley DB Java 121 Edition for key bindings, when a custom comparator is used. In JE, 122 comparators are instantiated and called internally at times when databases 123 are not accessible. Because serial bindings depend on the class catalog 124 database, a serial binding cannot be used during these times. An attempt 125 to use a serial binding with a custom comparator will result in a 126 NullPointerException during environment open or close.</p> 127 128 <p><a name="evolution"><strong>Class Evolution</strong></a></p> 129 130 <p><code>SerialBinding</code> and other classes in this package use standard Java 131 serialization and all rules of Java serialization apply. This includes the 132 rules for class evolution. Once an instance of a class is stored, the class 133 must maintain its <code>serialVersionUID</code> and follow the rules defined in 134 the Java specification. To use a new incompatible version of a class, a 135 different <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/ClassCatalog.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bind.serial"><CODE>ClassCatalog</CODE></A> must be used or the class catalog database 136 must be truncated.</p> 137 138 <p>If more advanced class evolution features are required, consider using 139 the <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/persist/evolve/package-summary.html"><CODE>Direct Persistence Layer</CODE></A>.</p> 140<P> 141 142<P> 143<HR> 144 145<P> 146 147<!-- ======== CONSTRUCTOR SUMMARY ======== --> 148 149<A NAME="constructor_summary"><!-- --></A> 150<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 151<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 152<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 153<B>Constructor Summary</B></FONT></TH> 154</TR> 155<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 156<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBinding.html#SerialBinding(com.sleepycat.bind.serial.ClassCatalog, java.lang.Class)">SerialBinding</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/ClassCatalog.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bind.serial">ClassCatalog</A> classCatalog, 157 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBinding.html" title="type parameter in SerialBinding">E</A>> baseClass)</CODE> 158 159<BR> 160 Creates a serial binding.</TD> 161</TR> 162</TABLE> 163 164<!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> 165 166<A NAME="method_summary"><!-- --></A> 167<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 168<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 169<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 170<B>Method Summary</B></FONT></TH> 171</TR> 172<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 173<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 174<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBinding.html" title="type parameter in SerialBinding">E</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 175<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBinding.html#entryToObject(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">entryToObject</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</CODE> 176 177<BR> 178 Deserialize an object from an entry buffer.</TD> 179</TR> 180<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 181<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 182<CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBinding.html" title="type parameter in SerialBinding">E</A>></CODE></FONT></TD> 183<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBinding.html#getBaseClass()">getBaseClass</A></B>()</CODE> 184 185<BR> 186 Returns the base class for this binding.</TD> 187</TR> 188<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 189<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 190<CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/ClassLoader.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">ClassLoader</A></CODE></FONT></TD> 191<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBinding.html#getClassLoader()">getClassLoader</A></B>()</CODE> 192 193<BR> 194 Returns the class loader to be used during deserialization, or null if 195 a default class loader should be used.</TD> 196</TR> 197<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 198<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 199<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> 200<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBinding.html#objectToEntry(E, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">objectToEntry</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBinding.html" title="type parameter in SerialBinding">E</A> object, 201 <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</CODE> 202 203<BR> 204 Serialize an object into an entry buffer.</TD> 205</TR> 206</TABLE> 207 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_com.sleepycat.bind.serial.SerialBase"><!-- --></A> 208<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 209<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 210<TH ALIGN="left"><B>Methods inherited from class com.sleepycat.bind.serial.<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBase.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.serial">SerialBase</A></B></TH> 211</TR> 212<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 213<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBase.html#getSerialBufferSize()">getSerialBufferSize</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBase.html#getSerialOutput(java.lang.Object)">getSerialOutput</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBase.html#setSerialBufferSize(int)">setSerialBufferSize</A></CODE></TD> 214</TR> 215</TABLE> 216 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_java.lang.Object"><!-- --></A> 217<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 218<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 219<TH ALIGN="left"><B>Methods inherited from class java.lang.<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></B></TH> 220</TR> 221<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 222<TD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#clone()" title="class or interface in java.lang">clone</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#equals(java.lang.Object)" title="class or interface in java.lang">equals</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#finalize()" title="class or interface in java.lang">finalize</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#getClass()" title="class or interface in java.lang">getClass</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#hashCode()" title="class or interface in java.lang">hashCode</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#notify()" title="class or interface in java.lang">notify</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#notifyAll()" title="class or interface in java.lang">notifyAll</A>, <A 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NAME="SerialBinding(com.sleepycat.bind.serial.ClassCatalog, java.lang.Class)"><!-- --></A><H3> 239SerialBinding</H3> 240<PRE> 241public <B>SerialBinding</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/ClassCatalog.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bind.serial">ClassCatalog</A> classCatalog, 242 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBinding.html" title="type parameter in SerialBinding">E</A>> baseClass)</PRE> 243<DL> 244<DD>Creates a serial binding. 245<P> 246<DL> 247<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>classCatalog</CODE> - is the catalog to hold shared class information and 248 for a database should be a <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/StoredClassCatalog.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.serial"><CODE>StoredClassCatalog</CODE></A>.<DD><CODE>baseClass</CODE> - is the base class for serialized objects stored using 249 this binding -- all objects using this binding must be an instance of 250 this class.</DL> 251</DL> 252 253<!-- ============ METHOD DETAIL ========== --> 254 255<A NAME="method_detail"><!-- --></A> 256<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 257<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 258<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="1"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 259<B>Method Detail</B></FONT></TH> 260</TR> 261</TABLE> 262 263<A NAME="getBaseClass()"><!-- --></A><H3> 264getBaseClass</H3> 265<PRE> 266public final <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBinding.html" title="type parameter in SerialBinding">E</A>> <B>getBaseClass</B>()</PRE> 267<DL> 268<DD>Returns the base class for this binding. 269<P> 270<DD><DL> 271</DL> 272</DD> 273<DD><DL> 274 275<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the base class for this binding.</DL> 276</DD> 277</DL> 278<HR> 279 280<A NAME="getClassLoader()"><!-- --></A><H3> 281getClassLoader</H3> 282<PRE> 283public <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/ClassLoader.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">ClassLoader</A> <B>getClassLoader</B>()</PRE> 284<DL> 285<DD>Returns the class loader to be used during deserialization, or null if 286 a default class loader should be used. The default implementation of 287 this method returns 288 <code>Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()</code> to use the 289 context class loader for the current thread. 290 291 <p>This method may be overridden to return a dynamically determined class 292 loader. For example, <code>getBaseClass().getClassLoader()</code> could 293 be called to use the class loader for the base class, assuming that a 294 base class has been specified.</p> 295 296 <p>If this method returns null, a default class loader will be used as 297 determined by the <code>java.io.ObjectInputStream.resolveClass</code> 298 method.</p> 299<P> 300<DD><DL> 301</DL> 302</DD> 303<DD><DL> 304</DL> 305</DD> 306</DL> 307<HR> 308 309<A NAME="entryToObject(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)"><!-- --></A><H3> 310entryToObject</H3> 311<PRE> 312public <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBinding.html" title="type parameter in SerialBinding">E</A> <B>entryToObject</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</PRE> 313<DL> 314<DD>Deserialize an object from an entry buffer. May only be called for data 315 that was serialized using <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBinding.html#objectToEntry(E, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)"><CODE>objectToEntry(E, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)</CODE></A>, since the fixed 316 serialization header is assumed to not be included in the input data. 317 <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.serial"><CODE>SerialInput</CODE></A> is used to deserialize the object. 318<P> 319<DD><DL> 320<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html#entryToObject(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">entryToObject</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bind">EntryBinding</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBinding.html" title="type parameter in SerialBinding">E</A>></CODE></DL> 321</DD> 322<DD><DL> 323<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>entry</CODE> - is the input serialized entry. 324<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the output deserialized object.</DL> 325</DD> 326</DL> 327<HR> 328 329<A NAME="objectToEntry(java.lang.Object,com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)"><!-- --></A><A NAME="objectToEntry(E, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)"><!-- --></A><H3> 330objectToEntry</H3> 331<PRE> 332public void <B>objectToEntry</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBinding.html" title="type parameter in SerialBinding">E</A> object, 333 <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/db/DatabaseEntry.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.db">DatabaseEntry</A> entry)</PRE> 334<DL> 335<DD>Serialize an object into an entry buffer. The fixed serialization 336 header is not included in the output data to save space, and therefore 337 to deserialize the data the complementary <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBinding.html#entryToObject(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)"><CODE>entryToObject(com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)</CODE></A> method 338 must be used. <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialOutput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.serial"><CODE>SerialOutput</CODE></A> is used to serialize the object. 339 340 <p>Note that this method sets the DatabaseEntry offset property to a 341 non-zero value and the size property to a value less than the length of 342 the byte array.</p> 343<P> 344<DD><DL> 345<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html#objectToEntry(E, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">objectToEntry</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bind">EntryBinding</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBinding.html" title="type parameter in SerialBinding">E</A>></CODE></DL> 346</DD> 347<DD><DL> 348<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>object</CODE> - is the input deserialized object.<DD><CODE>entry</CODE> - is the output serialized entry. 349<DT><B>Throws:</B> 350<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">IllegalArgumentException</A></CODE> - if the object is not an instance of the 351 base class for this binding.</DL> 352</DD> 353</DL> 354<!-- ========= END OF CLASS DATA ========= --> 355<HR> 356 357 358<!-- ======= START OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ====== --> 359<A NAME="navbar_bottom"><!-- --></A> 360<A HREF="#skip-navbar_bottom" title="Skip navigation links"></A> 361<TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 362<TR> 363<TD COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> 364<A NAME="navbar_bottom_firstrow"><!-- --></A> 365<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="3" SUMMARY=""> 366 <TR ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top"> 367 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../overview-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Overview</B></FONT></A> </TD> 368 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="package-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Package</B></FONT></A> </TD> 369 <TD BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1Rev"> <FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1Rev"><B>Class</B></FONT> </TD> 370 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="class-use/SerialBinding.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Use</B></FONT></A> </TD> 371 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="package-tree.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Tree</B></FONT></A> </TD> 372 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../deprecated-list.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Deprecated</B></FONT></A> </TD> 373 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../index-all.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Index</B></FONT></A> </TD> 374 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../help-doc.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Help</B></FONT></A> </TD> 375 </TR> 376</TABLE> 377</TD> 378<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN=3><EM> 379<b>Berkeley DB</b><br><font size="-1"> version 4.8.30</font></EM> 380</TD> 381</TR> 382 383<TR> 384<TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 385 <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBase.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.serial"><B>PREV CLASS</B></A> 386 <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialInput.html" title="class in com.sleepycat.bind.serial"><B>NEXT CLASS</B></A></FONT></TD> 387<TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 388 <A HREF="../../../../index.html?com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBinding.html" target="_top"><B>FRAMES</B></A> 389 <A HREF="SerialBinding.html" target="_top"><B>NO FRAMES</B></A> 390 <SCRIPT type="text/javascript"> 391 <!-- 392 if(window==top) { 393 document.writeln('<A HREF="../../../../allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A>'); 394 } 395 //--> 396</SCRIPT> 397<NOSCRIPT> 398 <A HREF="../../../../allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A> 399</NOSCRIPT> 400 401 402</FONT></TD> 403</TR> 404<TR> 405<TD VALIGN="top" CLASS="NavBarCell3"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 406 SUMMARY: NESTED | FIELD | <A HREF="#constructor_summary">CONSTR</A> | <A HREF="#method_summary">METHOD</A></FONT></TD> 407<TD VALIGN="top" CLASS="NavBarCell3"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 408DETAIL: FIELD | <A HREF="#constructor_detail">CONSTR</A> | <A HREF="#method_detail">METHOD</A></FONT></TD> 409</TR> 410</TABLE> 411<A NAME="skip-navbar_bottom"></A> 412<!-- ======== END OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ======= --> 413 414<HR> 415<font size=1>Copyright (c) 1996-2009 Oracle. 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