public void writeSpaceId(SpaceId spaceId) throws IOException {
currentObject = Space.getInstance().read(spaceId);
// Serialize the spaceId...
process(spaceId, null, false);
// ...and the content of the spaceObject.
process(currentObject, null, false);
}
public boolean process(Object object, ClassInfo classInfo, boolean isSpaceIdAllowed)
throws IOException {
if (object == null) {
return false;
}
Class<?> serializableClass = marshaller.getSerializableClass(object);
SerializeContext serializeContext = marshaller.getSerializeContext();
Converter converter = serializeContext.getConverter(serializableClass);
// Substitute the object with its spaceId whenever possible.
if ((object != currentObject) && (Converter.isReferable(serializableClass))) {
// If the object is registered in the Space...
SpaceId spaceId = Space.getInstance().getId(object);
if (spaceId != null) {
// ...and if substituting it with its SpaceId is allowed...
if ((isSpaceIdAllowed) || (marshaller.isRegisteredToBeSerialized(spaceId))) {
// ...then serialize the spaceId instead.
object = spaceId;
serializableClass = SpaceId.class;
converter = serializeContext.getConverter(serializableClass);
}
}
}
Token token = converter.getToken();
// If the token is not a CLASS or SPACE_ID...
if ((token != Token.CLASS) && (token != Token.SPACE_ID)) {
// ...then explicitly write the class name.
// However, this is not required if serializableClass equals ClassInfo's class.
// Note: serializableClass always represents a class that derives from class Object, so it
// cannot
// represent a primitive type. (Primitives don't have a super class, remember?) So if
// ClassInfo.class is
// a primitive type, it will always differ from serializableClass. In that case writing the
// class name
// must be skipped too.
if ((classInfo == null)
|| ((!serializableClass.equals(classInfo.getType())
&& (!classInfo.getType().isPrimitive())))) {
process(serializableClass, classInfo, false);
}
}
if (object == currentObject) {
currentObject = false;
}
writer.beginToken(token);
boolean hasSerializedData =
converter.serialize(object, serializableClass, classInfo, this, writer);
writer.endToken(token);
return hasSerializedData;
}