repicea.serial.cloner

Class BasicSerialCloner

java.lang.Object

repicea.serial.cloner.BasicSerialCloner

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, SerialCloner<MemorizerPackage>

public class BasicSerialCloner
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable, SerialCloner<MemorizerPackage>

The TemporaryMemorizer class is useful to memorize objects for a short period of time. It can be used in the GUI to retain the initial configuration that is to be retrieve if the user reinitialize the dialog.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BasicSerialCloner() Constructor for this class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
MemorizerPackage	cloneThisObject(MemorizerPackage obj) This method produces a deep clone of the object.
boolean	memorize(Memorizable obj) This method memorize a part of the Memorizable instance that is specified in the method getMemoryPackage().
boolean	memorize(MemorizerPackage obj) This method memorizes a Serializable object.
MemorizerPackage	retrieve() This method returns the serialized object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BasicSerialCloner

public BasicSerialCloner()

Constructor for this class.

Method Detail

memorize

public boolean memorize(MemorizerPackage obj)

This method memorizes a Serializable object.

Parameters:

obj - the Object instance to be serialized.

Returns:

true if the object has been memorized or false otherwise

memorize

public boolean memorize(Memorizable obj)

This method memorize a part of the Memorizable instance that is specified in the method getMemoryPackage().

Parameters:

obj - a Memorizable object

Returns:

true if the object has been memorized or false otherwise

retrieve

public MemorizerPackage retrieve()

This method returns the serialized object. The method waits approximately 5 sec and returns even if the object has not been retrieved. This protection is to avoid deadlock (if this method is called and no object has been serialized.

Returns:

the Object instance that has been serialized or null if an error occurred..

cloneThisObject

public MemorizerPackage cloneThisObject(MemorizerPackage obj)

Description copied from interface: SerialCloner

This method produces a deep clone of the object.

Specified by:

cloneThisObject in interface SerialCloner<MemorizerPackage>

Parameters:

obj - the object of class P to be cloned

Returns:

a deep clone of the original object