edu.umd.cs.jazz.io
Class ZObjectOutputStream

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.io.OutputStream
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        +--edu.umd.cs.jazz.io.ZObjectOutputStream

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class ZObjectOutputStream

extends java.io.OutputStream

implements java.io.Serializable

ZObjectOutputStream writes Jazz objects that are ZSerializable. The process of writing out Jazz scenes is to make an instance of this class, and then call writeObject() on a ZSerializable object.

Every object that gets written out must implement two methods that control the writing process. The first method, writeObjectRecurse() specifies (recursively) the objects related to this one that should be written out by calling addObject() for those objects. The second method, writeObject gets called on each object so it can specify how to write out its state.

An object can specify a replacment object that should be written out instead of itself by declaring the method: ZSerializable writeReplace(). If the replacement object is null, then the original object will note be written out at all. If it specifies a ZSerializable object, then that object will be written out instead, and any references to the original object will be replaced with references to the replacement object.

Note that there is a potential for conflict where an object can define that it should not be written out, and yet a second object can reference it in its state. Because no object can be allowed to reference an object that wasn't written out, this io code will skip any such references, and instead insert a comment into the file specifying that the reference was skipped.

ZObjectOutputStream knows how to write out the following types:

• short
• integer
• long
• float
• double
• boolean
• byte
• String
• ZSerializable
• Rectangle2D
• AffineTransform
• Color
• Font
• Image

Warning: Serialized and ZSerialized objects of this class will not be compatible with future Jazz releases. The current serialization support is appropriate for short term storage or RMI between applications running the same version of Jazz. A future release of Jazz will provide support for long term persistence.

Author:

Ben Bederson

, Britt McAlister

See Also:

Serialized Form

NULL_ARGS

protected static final java.lang.Class[] NULL_ARGS

dos

protected java.io.DataOutputStream dos

id

protected int id

objs

protected java.util.Hashtable objs

unsavedObjs

protected java.util.Hashtable unsavedObjs

replacedObjs

protected java.util.Hashtable replacedObjs

writingState

protected boolean writingState

stateWritten

protected boolean stateWritten

ZObjectOutputStream

public ZObjectOutputStream(java.io.OutputStream out)

isSavable

public static boolean isSavable(java.lang.Object obj)

Determine if the specified object is savable.

Parameters:

obj - Object to check

Returns:

true if object is savable.

writeObject

public void writeObject(ZSerializable obj)
                 throws java.io.IOException

java.io.IOException

addObject

public void addObject(ZSerializable obj)
               throws java.io.IOException

Add this ZSerializable object to the list of objects to be written out. Each object will only be written out once - so calling this method multiple times on the same object will have no effect.

If the object declares the ZSerializable writeReplace() method, then the specified object will be written out instead of the one passed in. If writeReplace() is specified, and returns null, then this object is not written out at all.

Parameters:

obj - The object to be written out

java.io.IOException

writeState

public void writeState(java.lang.String type,
                       java.lang.String name,
                       java.util.List value)
                throws java.io.IOException

java.io.IOException

writeState

public void writeState(java.lang.String type,
                       java.lang.String name,
                       short s)
                throws java.io.IOException

java.io.IOException

writeState

public void writeState(java.lang.String type,
                       java.lang.String name,
                       int i)
                throws java.io.IOException

java.io.IOException

writeState

public void writeState(java.lang.String type,
                       java.lang.String name,
                       long l)
                throws java.io.IOException

java.io.IOException

writeState

public void writeState(java.lang.String type,
                       java.lang.String name,
                       float f)
                throws java.io.IOException

java.io.IOException

writeState

public void writeState(java.lang.String type,
                       java.lang.String name,
                       double d)
                throws java.io.IOException

java.io.IOException

writeState

public void writeState(java.lang.String type,
                       java.lang.String name,
                       boolean b)
                throws java.io.IOException

java.io.IOException

writeState

public void writeState(java.lang.String type,
                       java.lang.String name,
                       byte b)
                throws java.io.IOException

java.io.IOException

writeState

public void writeState(java.lang.String type,
                       java.lang.String name,
                       java.lang.Object obj)
                throws java.io.IOException

java.io.IOException

isSaved

public boolean isSaved(java.lang.Object obj)

writeState

public void writeState(java.lang.Object obj)
                throws java.io.IOException

java.io.IOException

write

public void write(int b)

Specified by:

write in class java.io.OutputStream

flush

public void flush()

Overrides:

flush in class java.io.OutputStream