weka.core

Class SerializedObject

java.lang.Object

weka.core.SerializedObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, RevisionHandler

public class SerializedObject
extends Object
implements Serializable, RevisionHandler

Class for storing an object in serialized form in memory. It can be used to make deep copies of objects, and also allows compression to conserve memory.

Version:

$Revision: 8034 $

Author:

Richard Kirkby (rbk1@cs.waikato.ac.nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SerializedObject(Object toStore) Creates a new serialized object (without compression).
SerializedObject(Object toStore, boolean compress) Creates a new serialized object.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object compareTo)
Object	getObject() Returns a serialized object.
String	getRevision() Returns the revision string.
int	hashCode() Returns a hashcode for this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SerializedObject

public SerializedObject(Object toStore)
                 throws Exception

Creates a new serialized object (without compression).

Parameters:

toStore - the object to store

Throws:

Exception - if the object couldn't be serialized

SerializedObject

public SerializedObject(Object toStore,
                boolean compress)
                 throws Exception

Creates a new serialized object.

Parameters:

toStore - the object to store

compress - whether or not to use compression

Throws:

Exception - if the object couldn't be serialized

Method Detail

equals

public final boolean equals(Object compareTo)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hashcode for this object.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

the hashcode

getObject

public Object getObject()

Returns a serialized object. Uses org.python.util.PythonObjectInputStream for Jython objects (read here for more details).

Returns:

the restored object

Throws:

Exception - if the object couldn't be restored

getRevision

public String getRevision()

Returns the revision string.

Specified by:

getRevision in interface RevisionHandler

Returns:

the revision