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 * $Id: SerializationHelper.java,v 1.1 2010/06/18 16:49:38 smhuang Exp $
 */
package org.exolab.jms.net.util;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInput;
import java.io.ObjectOutput;


/**
 * Helper class for serializing and deserializing objects efficiently
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:tma@netspace.net.au">Tim Anderson</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2010/06/18 16:49:38 $
 * @see Delegate
 */
public final class SerializationHelper {

    /**
     * Prevent construction of helper class
     */
    private SerializationHelper() {
    }

    /**
     * Write an object of the specified type to a stream
     *
     * @param type   the type of the object
     * @param object the object to write
     * @param out    the stream to write to
     * @throws IOException if the object can't be written
     */
    public static void write(Class type, Object object, ObjectOutput out)
            throws IOException {

        if (type.isPrimitive()) {
            if (type == boolean.class) {
                out.writeBoolean(((Boolean) object).booleanValue());
            } else if (type == byte.class) {
                out.writeByte(((Byte) object).byteValue());
            } else if (type == char.class) {
                out.writeChar(((Character) object).charValue());
            } else if (type == short.class) {
                out.writeShort(((Short) object).shortValue());
            } else if (type == int.class) {
                out.writeInt(((Integer) object).intValue());
            } else if (type == long.class) {
                out.writeLong(((Long) object).longValue());
            } else if (type == float.class) {
                out.writeFloat(((Float) object).floatValue());
            } else if (type == double.class) {
                out.writeDouble(((Double) object).doubleValue());
            } else {
                throw new IOException("Unsupported primitive type: " + type);
            }
        } else {
            out.writeObject(object);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Read an object of the specified type from a stream
     *
     * @param type the type of the object
     * @param in   the stream to read from
     * @return the deserialized object
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class for a serialized object
     *                                cannot be found
     * @throws IOException            if the object can't be read
     */
    public static Object read(Class type, ObjectInput in)
            throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException {
        Object result;
        if (type.isPrimitive()) {
            if (type == boolean.class) {
                result = new Boolean(in.readBoolean());
            } else if (type == byte.class) {
                result = new Byte(in.readByte());
            } else if (type == char.class) {
                result = new Character(in.readChar());
            } else if (type == short.class) {
                result = new Short(in.readShort());
            } else if (type == int.class) {
                result = new Integer(in.readInt());
            } else if (type == long.class) {
                result = new Long(in.readLong());
            } else if (type == float.class) {
                result = new Float(in.readFloat());
            } else if (type == double.class) {
                result = new Double(in.readDouble());
            } else {
                throw new IOException("Unsupported primitive type: " + type);
            }
        } else {
            result = in.readObject();
        }
        return result;
    }

}
