com.ibm.websphere.objectgrid.plugins.io
Interface KeyDataSerializer

All Superinterfaces:

DataSerializer, DataSerializer.DataAttributeInflatable, DataSerializer.Identifiable

All Known Subinterfaces:

KeyDataSerializer.Partitionable, KeySerializerPlugin

public interface KeyDataSerializer
extends DataSerializer, DataSerializer.DataAttributeInflatable, DataSerializer.Identifiable

DataSerializers implement this interface to serialize and inflate key data objects and attributes.

Several mix-in interfaces are provided to allow additional capabilities for keys.

Since:

7.1.1

Nested Class Summary

static interface

KeyDataSerializer.Partitionable KeyDataSerializers can implement this optional interface to use alternative partitioning scheme.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.ibm.websphere.objectgrid.plugins.io.DataSerializer

DataSerializer.DataAttributeInflatable, DataSerializer.Identifiable, DataSerializer.SpecialValue, DataSerializer.UserReadable

Method Summary

KeyDataDescriptor

getKeyDataDescriptor() Retrieve the metadata for the objects that this DataSerializer understands.

Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.websphere.objectgrid.plugins.io.DataSerializer.DataAttributeInflatable

getAttributeContexts, inflateDataObjectAttributes

Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.websphere.objectgrid.plugins.io.DataSerializer.Identifiable

equals, hasBinaryEquality, hashCode

Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.websphere.objectgrid.plugins.io.DataSerializer

inflateDataObject, serializeDataObject

Method Detail

getKeyDataDescriptor

KeyDataDescriptor getKeyDataDescriptor()

Retrieve the metadata for the objects that this DataSerializer understands.

Returns:

the KeyDataDescriptor metadata, or null if there is no data descriptor.