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[nikiroo-utils.git] / src / be / nikiroo / utils / serial / CustomSerializer.java

diff --git a/src/be/nikiroo/utils/serial/CustomSerializer.java b/src/be/nikiroo/utils/serial/CustomSerializer.java
index be89316eae07b74f6a67ccaeb589641ba81f8cea..c5f79ff0331ae856596b4f2390b667d80245dbe4 100644 (file)
--- a/src/be/nikiroo/utils/serial/CustomSerializer.java
+++ b/src/be/nikiroo/utils/serial/CustomSerializer.java
@@ -1,31 +1,39 @@
 package be.nikiroo.utils.serial;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
 
 public abstract class CustomSerializer {
 
-       protected abstract String toString(Object value);
+       protected abstract void toStream(OutputStream out, Object value)
+                       throws IOException;
 
-       protected abstract Object fromString(String content) throws IOException;
+       protected abstract Object fromStream(InputStream in) throws IOException;
 
        protected abstract String getType();
 
        /**
-        * Encode the object into the given builder if possible (if supported).
+        * Encode the object into the given {@link OutputStream} if possible (if
+        * supported).
         * 
-        * @param builder
+        * @param out
         *            the builder to append to
         * @param value
         *            the object to encode
+        * 
         * @return TRUE if success, FALSE if not (the content of the builder won't
         *         be changed in case of failure)
+        * 
+        * @throws IOException
+        *             in case of I/O error
         */
-       public boolean encode(StringBuilder builder, Object value) {
-               int prev = builder.length();
-               String customString = toString(value);
-               builder.append("custom^").append(getType()).append("^");
-               if (!SerialUtils.encode(builder, customString)) {
-                       builder.delete(prev, builder.length());
+       public boolean encode(OutputStream out, Object value) throws IOException {
+               InputStream customString = toStream(out, value);
+               SerialUtils.write(out, "custom^");
+               SerialUtils.write(out, getType());
+               SerialUtils.write(out, "^");
+               if (!SerialUtils.encode(out, customString)) {
                        return false;
                }