/*-
* See the file LICENSE for redistribution information.
*
* Copyright (c) 2000-2005
* Sleepycat Software. All rights reserved.
*
* $Id: SerialOutput.java,v 1.16 2005/06/10 19:13:56 cwl Exp $
*/
package com.sleepycat.bind.serial;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.ObjectStreamClass;
import java.io.ObjectStreamConstants;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import com.sleepycat.je.DatabaseException;
import com.sleepycat.util.RuntimeExceptionWrapper;
/**
* A specialized <code>ObjectOutputStream</code> that stores class description
* information in a <code>ClassCatalog</code>. It is used by
* <code>SerialBinding</code>.
*
* <p>This class is used instead of an {@link ObjectOutputStream}, which it
* extends, to write a compact object stream. For writing objects to a
* database normally one of the serial binding classes is used. {@link
* SerialOutput} is used when an {@link ObjectOutputStream} is needed along
* with compact storage. A {@link ClassCatalog} must be supplied, however, to
* stored shared class descriptions.</p>
*
* <p>The {@link ClassCatalog} is used to store class definitions rather than
* embedding these into the stream. Instead, a class format identifier is
* embedded into the stream. This identifier is then used by {@link
* SerialInput} to load the class format to deserialize the object.</p>
*
* @author Mark Hayes
*/
public class SerialOutput extends ObjectOutputStream {
/*
* Serialization version constants. Instead of hardcoding these we get them
* by creating a SerialOutput, which itself guarantees that we'll always
* use a PROTOCOL_VERSION_2 header.
*/
private final static byte[] STREAM_HEADER;
static {
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
try {
new SerialOutput(baos, null);
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new RuntimeExceptionWrapper(e);
}
STREAM_HEADER = baos.toByteArray();
}
private ClassCatalog classCatalog;
/**
* Creates a serial output stream.
*
* @param out is the output stream to which the compact serialized objects
* will be written.
*
* @param classCatalog is the catalog to which the class descriptions for
* the serialized objects will be written.
*/
public SerialOutput(OutputStream out, ClassCatalog classCatalog)
throws IOException {
super(out);
this.classCatalog = classCatalog;
/* guarantee that we'll always use the same serialization format */
useProtocolVersion(ObjectStreamConstants.PROTOCOL_VERSION_2);
}
// javadoc is inherited
protected void writeClassDescriptor(ObjectStreamClass classdesc)
throws IOException {
try {
byte[] id = classCatalog.getClassID(classdesc);
writeByte(id.length);
write(id);
} catch (DatabaseException e) {
/*
* Do not throw IOException from here since ObjectOutputStream
* will write the exception to the stream, which causes another
* call here, etc.
*/
throw new RuntimeExceptionWrapper(e);
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
throw new RuntimeExceptionWrapper(e);
}
}
/**
* Returns the fixed stream header used for all serialized streams in
* PROTOCOL_VERSION_2 format. To save space this header can be removed and
* serialized streams before storage and inserted before deserializing.
* {@link SerialOutput} always uses PROTOCOL_VERSION_2 serialization format
* to guarantee that this header is fixed. {@link SerialBinding} removes
* this header from serialized streams automatically.
*
* @return the fixed stream header.
*/
public static byte[] getStreamHeader() {
return STREAM_HEADER;
}
}