net.jxta.impl.xindice.core.filer
Interface Streamable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BTree.BTreePageHeader, Paged.PageHeader

public interface Streamable

Streamable is an interface implemented by objects used by Filers and Indexers in order to serialize objects to and from IO streams.

read

void read(DataInputStream is)
          throws IOException

read reads the object state from the stream.

Parameters:

is - The DataInputStream

Throws:

IOException - if an IOException occurs

write

void write(DataOutputStream os)
           throws IOException

write writes the object state to the stream.

Parameters:

os - The DataOutputStream

Throws:

IOException - if an IOException occurs