[LANG-798] Use generics in SerializationUtils

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.2
• Component/s: lang.*

Environment

Apache Maven 3.0.4 (r1232337; 2012-01-17 03:44:56-0500)
Maven home: C:\Java\apache-maven-3.0.4\bin\..
Java version: 1.6.0_31, vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_31\jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252
OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "amd64", family: "windows"

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Gary D. Gregory
• Created: 05/Apr/12 16:01
• Updated: 22/Aug/12 09:25
• Resolved: 05/Apr/12 16:09

Description

Use generics in SerializationUtils:

I'd like to propose the change below. This lets you get rid of type casts in call sites. You'll still get a ClassCastException if you code it wrong of course.

Old: public static Object deserialize(InputStream inputStream)
New: public static <T> T deserialize(InputStream inputStream)

Old: public static Object deserialize(byte[] objectData)
New: public static <T> T deserialize(byte[] objectData)