serializebytearray.java

High performance DB query

/*
 * @(#)$Id: SerializeByteArray.java,v 1.2 2005/03/07 18:06:49 huebsch Exp $
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Regents of the University of California.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
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 * Computer Science Division, Database Group, Universite of California,
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 *
 * Copyright (c) 2003-2004 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
 *
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 * If you do not find these files, copies can be found by writing to:
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 */


package util.network.serialization;

/**
 * Class SerializeByte
 *
 */
public class SerializeByteArray {

    public static final short NULL_VALUE = -1;

    /**
     * Method serialize
     *
     * @param outputBuffer
     * @param value
     */
    public static void serialize(GenericByteBuffer outputBuffer, Byte[] value) {
        if (value == null) {
            outputBuffer.putShort(NULL_VALUE);
        } else {
            short length = (short) value.length;

            outputBuffer.putShort(length);

            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
                outputBuffer.put(value[i].byteValue());
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Method deSerialize
     *
     * @param inputBuffer
     * @return
     */
    public static Byte[] deSerialize(GenericByteBuffer inputBuffer) {
        short length = inputBuffer.getShort();
        Byte[] array = new Byte[length];

        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
            array[i] = new Byte(inputBuffer.get());
        }

        return array;
    }
}