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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

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
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.