public void serialize(IColumn column, DataOutputStream dos) throws IOException {
SuperColumn superColumn = (SuperColumn) column;
dos.writeUTF(superColumn.name());
dos.writeBoolean(superColumn.isMarkedForDelete());
Collection<IColumn> columns = column.getSubColumns();
int size = columns.size();
dos.writeInt(size);
/*
* Add the total size of the columns. This is useful to skip over all the
* columns in this super column if we are not interested in this super
* column.
*/
dos.writeInt(superColumn.getSizeOfAllColumns());
// dos.writeInt(superColumn.size());
for (IColumn subColumn : columns) {
Column.serializer().serialize(subColumn, dos);
}
}
