On 4/26/07, Dhanji R. Prasanna <dhanji_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 4/26/07, Marc Hadley <Marc.Hadley_at_sun.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thing readFrom(Class<Thing> type, MediaType mediaType,
> > MultivaluedMap<String, String> httpHeaders, InputStream entityStream)
> > throws IOException {
> > ...
> > }
> >
> > void writeTo(Thing t, MediaType mediaType, MultivaluedMap<String,
> > String> httpHeaders, OutputStream entityStream) throws IOException {
> > ...
> > }
> > }
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> Just a lateral suggestion, but I'd like to use java "over-the-wire"
> terminology for the aforementioned methods:
> - marshall/unmarshall
> - serialize/deserialize
> - readExternal/writeExternal
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Another quick thought--we should support new io interfaces too:
interface TypeChannelingProvider<T> {
T deserialize(Class<T> type, MediaType mediaType, Map<String, String>
headers, ReadableByteChannel inChannel);
void serialize(T thing, MediaType mediaType, Map<String, String>
headers, WritableByteChannel outChannel);
}
I would also suggest renaming the interfaces to StreamExternalizer and
BlockExternalizer (or ChannelExternalizer).
Dhanji.