Mercurial > dive4elements > framework
diff artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/ArtifactSerializer.java @ 78:55eefe63a777
Repaired the javadoc stuff for almost all artifact interfaces.
artifacts/trunk@760 c6561f87-3c4e-4783-a992-168aeb5c3f6f
| author | Sascha L. Teichmann <sascha.teichmann@intevation.de> |
|---|---|
| date | Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:53:59 +0000 |
| parents | 48d1a9a082c2 |
| children | 78263e910675 |
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--- a/artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/ArtifactSerializer.java Sun Feb 21 23:05:32 2010 +0000 +++ b/artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/ArtifactSerializer.java Thu Mar 11 10:53:59 2010 +0000 @@ -7,7 +7,18 @@ */ public interface ArtifactSerializer { + /** + * Restores an artifact from an array of bytes. + * @param bytes the persistent representation of the artifact. + * @return The de-serialized artifact or null if there was an error. + */ Artifact fromBytes(byte [] bytes); + /** + * Brings an artifact to a persistent form in form of a byte array. + * @param artifact The artifact to be serialized. + * @return the byte array representation of the artifact or null + * if there was an error. + */ byte [] toBytes(Artifact artifact); } // vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf8: