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Class SerialBinding</H2>
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<DT><B>All Implemented Interfaces:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bind">EntryBinding</A></DD>
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<DT>public class <B>SerialBinding</B><DT>extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A><DT>implements <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bind">EntryBinding</A></DL>
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A concrete <code>EntryBinding</code> that treats a key or data entry as
a serialized object.
<p>This binding stores objects in serialized object format. The
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<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,
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Creates a serial binding.</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<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>
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Deserialize an object from an entry buffer.</TD>
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Returns the base class for this binding.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBinding.html#objectToEntry(java.lang.Object, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)">objectToEntry</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> object,
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Serialize an object into an entry buffer.</TD>
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SerialBinding</H3>
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public <B>SerialBinding</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/ClassCatalog.html" title="interface in com.sleepycat.bind.serial">ClassCatalog</A> classCatalog,
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<DD>Creates a serial binding.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>classCatalog</CODE> - is the catalog to hold shared class information and
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
this binding -- all objects using this binding must be an instance of
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getBaseClass</H3>
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<DD>Returns the base class for this binding.
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the base class for this binding.</DL>
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entryToObject</H3>
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<DD>Deserialize an object from an entry buffer. May only be called for data
that was serialized using <A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/serial/SerialBinding.html#objectToEntry(java.lang.Object, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)"><CODE>objectToEntry(java.lang.Object, com.sleepycat.db.DatabaseEntry)</CODE></A>, since the fixed
serialization header is assumed to not be included in the input data.
<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.
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<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></CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>entry</CODE> - is the input serialized entry.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the output deserialized object.</DL>
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objectToEntry</H3>
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public void <B>objectToEntry</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> object,
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<DD>Serialize an object into an entry buffer. The fixed serialization
header is not included in the output data to save space, and therefore
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
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.
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<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/sleepycat/bind/EntryBinding.html#objectToEntry(java.lang.Object, 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></CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>object</CODE> - is the input deserialized object.<DD><CODE>entry</CODE> - is the output serialized entry.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/IllegalArgumentException.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">IllegalArgumentException</A></CODE> - if the object is not an instance of the
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