@Test
public void demonstrateTheProgrammaticAPI() {
// #programmatic
ActorSystem system = ActorSystem.create("example");
// Get the Serialization Extension
Serialization serialization = SerializationExtension.get(system);
// Have something to serialize
String original = "woohoo";
// Find the Serializer for it
Serializer serializer = serialization.findSerializerFor(original);
// Turn it into bytes
byte[] bytes = serializer.toBinary(original);
// Turn it back into an object,
// the nulls are for the class manifest and for the classloader
String back = (String) serializer.fromBinary(bytes);
// Voilá!
assertEquals(original, back);
// #programmatic
system.shutdown();
}
/**
* Testing akka serialization
*
* @param system the system to test on
* @param test the object to test
*/
public static void testSerialization(ActorSystem system, Object test) throws Exception {
// Get the Serialization Extension
Serialization serialization = SerializationExtension.get(system);
// Find the Serializer for it
Serializer serializer = serialization.findSerializerFor(test);
serializer.toBinary(test);
serializer.fromBinary(serializer.toBinary(test));
}
