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Interface Checksummer.Helper<T>

Type Parameters:

T -

Enclosing class:

Checksummer<T>

public static interface Checksummer.Helper<T>

Helps with the conversion of T into and from its different forms needed for the operation of the checksummer. Objects that are to be hashed must be converted into InputStream

Method Summary

T	asObject(String string) The passed String back into T.
InputStream	asStream(T object) Convert T into a stream of raw bytes so that it can be hashed.
String	asString(T object) Covert T into a unique string representation.

Method Detail

asStream

InputStream asStream(T object)

Convert T into a stream of raw bytes so that it can be hashed.

Parameters:

object - the object to convert.

Returns:

the stream that represents T.

asString

String asString(T object)

Covert T into a unique string representation. This value is saved to the XML produced by Checksummer.write(org.dom4j.Element). It should provide enough information to be able to restore T later in the asObject(String) method.

Parameters:

object - the object to convert.

Returns:

a string representation of T.

asObject

T asObject(String string)

The passed String back into T. The parameter was created from a previous call to asString(Object)}.

Parameters:

string - the string to convert.

Returns:

T after being converted from the passed String.