net.myrrix.online.generation

Class GenerationSerializer

java.lang.Object

net.myrrix.online.generation.GenerationSerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public final class GenerationSerializer
extends Object
implements Serializable

A Serializable wrapper around a Generation that lets it easily write to a file or stream, with convenience methods readGeneration(File) and writeGeneration(Generation, File) to do so.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Sean Owen

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GenerationSerializer() Exists only for the serialization mechanism.
GenerationSerializer(Generation generation) Creates a serializer for the given Generation.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Generation	getGeneration()
static Generation	readGeneration(File f)
static void	writeGeneration(Generation generation, File f)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GenerationSerializer

public GenerationSerializer()

Exists only for the serialization mechanism.

GenerationSerializer

public GenerationSerializer(Generation generation)

Creates a serializer for the given Generation.

Parameters:

generation - Generation to serialize

Method Detail

getGeneration

public Generation getGeneration()

Returns:

Generation to be serialized, or that was just unserialized

readGeneration

public static Generation readGeneration(File f)
                                 throws IOException

Parameters:

f - file to read GenerationSerializer from

Returns:

Generation it serializes

Throws:

IOException

writeGeneration

public static void writeGeneration(Generation generation,
                   File f)
                            throws IOException

Parameters:

generation - Generation to serialize

f - file to serialize a GenerationSerializer to

Throws:

IOException