/**
   * Decodes value from a given byte array to the object according to the flags given.
   *
   * @param flags Flags.
   * @param bytes Byte array to decode.
   * @return Decoded value.
   * @throws GridException If deserialization failed.
   */
  private Object decodeObj(short flags, byte[] bytes) throws GridException {
    assert bytes != null;

    if ((flags & SERIALIZED_FLAG) != 0)
      return jdkMarshaller.unmarshal(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes), null);

    int masked = flags & 0xff00;

    switch (masked) {
      case BOOLEAN_FLAG:
        return bytes[0] == '1';
      case INT_FLAG:
        return U.bytesToInt(bytes, 0);
      case LONG_FLAG:
        return U.bytesToLong(bytes, 0);
      case DATE_FLAG:
        return new Date(U.bytesToLong(bytes, 0));
      case BYTE_FLAG:
        return bytes[0];
      case FLOAT_FLAG:
        return Float.intBitsToFloat(U.bytesToInt(bytes, 0));
      case DOUBLE_FLAG:
        return Double.longBitsToDouble(U.bytesToLong(bytes, 0));
      case BYTE_ARR_FLAG:
        return bytes;
      default:
        return new String(bytes);
    }
  }
  /**
   * Encodes given object to a byte array and returns flags that describe the type of serialized
   * object.
   *
   * @param obj Object to serialize.
   * @param out Output stream to which object should be written.
   * @return Serialization flags.
   * @throws GridException If JDK serialization failed.
   */
  private int encodeObj(Object obj, ByteArrayOutputStream out) throws GridException {
    int flags = 0;

    byte[] data = null;

    if (obj instanceof String) {
      data = ((String) obj).getBytes();
    } else if (obj instanceof Boolean) {
      data = new byte[] {(byte) ((Boolean) obj ? '1' : '0')};

      flags |= BOOLEAN_FLAG;
    } else if (obj instanceof Integer) {
      data = U.intToBytes((Integer) obj);

      flags |= INT_FLAG;
    } else if (obj instanceof Long) {
      data = U.longToBytes((Long) obj);

      flags |= LONG_FLAG;
    } else if (obj instanceof Date) {
      data = U.longToBytes(((Date) obj).getTime());

      flags |= DATE_FLAG;
    } else if (obj instanceof Byte) {
      data = new byte[] {(Byte) obj};

      flags |= BYTE_FLAG;
    } else if (obj instanceof Float) {
      data = U.intToBytes(Float.floatToIntBits((Float) obj));

      flags |= FLOAT_FLAG;
    } else if (obj instanceof Double) {
      data = U.longToBytes(Double.doubleToLongBits((Double) obj));

      flags |= DOUBLE_FLAG;
    } else if (obj instanceof byte[]) {
      data = (byte[]) obj;

      flags |= BYTE_ARR_FLAG;
    } else {
      jdkMarshaller.marshal(obj, out);

      flags |= SERIALIZED_FLAG;
    }

    if (data != null) out.write(data, 0, data.length);

    return flags;
  }