/**
* Serialize an object of the given Type T into a String.
*
* @param object the {@link Object} to serialize
* @return serialized {@link String} of the object or null if there is no suitable serializer
* registered
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public static <T> String serialize(T object) {
Serializer<T> ser = (Serializer<T>) instance.serializers.get(object.getClass());
if (ser != null) {
return ser.serialize(object);
}
return null;
}
/**
* Accepts a String with data and the type it should deserialize into.
*
* @param data the data to have deserialized
* @param shell object of given type or null if there is no suitable serializer registered
* @return deserialized data
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public static <T> T deserialize(String data, Class<T> shell) {
Serializer<T> ser = (Serializer<T>) instance.serializers.get(shell);
if (ser != null) {
try {
return ser.deserialize(data);
} catch (CanaryDeserializeException e) {
log.error("Deserialization failure.", e);
}
}
return null;
}