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

All Superinterfaces:

DataSerializer, DataSerializer.DataAttributeInflatable

All Known Subinterfaces:

ValueDataSerializer.Mergeable, ValueDataSerializer.Versionable, ValueSerializerPlugin

public interface ValueDataSerializer
extends DataSerializer, DataSerializer.DataAttributeInflatable

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

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

Since:

7.1.1

Nested Class Summary

static interface	ValueDataSerializer.Mergeable ValueDataSerializers implement the optional Mergeable interface when it is possible that the clients or replicas in the grid may have multiple versions of the serializer.
static interface	ValueDataSerializer.Versionable ValueDataSerializers can implement the optional Versionable interface to allow high performance versioning when using in conjunction with the optimistic locking strategy.

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

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

Method Summary

ValueDataDescriptor

getValueDataDescriptor() 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

inflateDataObject, serializeDataObject

Method Detail

getValueDataDescriptor

ValueDataDescriptor getValueDataDescriptor()

Retrieve the metadata for the objects that this DataSerializer understands.

Returns:

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