Package com.compomics.util.db.object.objects

Class BlobObject

java.lang.Object

com.compomics.util.experiment.personalization.ExperimentObject

com.compomics.util.db.object.objects.BlobObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class BlobObject
extends ExperimentObject

Class used to store entire objects in the database as a blob.

Author:

dominik.kopczynski

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
Object	getBlob	Object representation of the blob.

Fields inherited from class com.compomics.util.experiment.personalization.ExperimentObject

NO_KEY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
BlobObject()	Constructor.
BlobObject(byte[] blob)	Constructor.
BlobObject(Object object)	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
byte[]	getBlob()	Returns the byte representation of the object.
void	setBlob(byte[] blob)	Sets the byte representation of the object.
Object	unBlob()	Returns the object represented by this blob.

Methods inherited from class com.compomics.util.experiment.personalization.ExperimentObject

addUrParam, asLong, clearParametersMap, getId, getUrParam, getUrParams, removeUrParam, setId, setUrParams

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

getBlob

public Object getBlob

Object representation of the blob.

Constructor Details

BlobObject

public BlobObject(Object object)
           throws IOException

Constructor.

Parameters:

object - the object represented in this blob.

Throws:

IOException - exception thrown whenever an error occurred while getting the byte representation of the object

BlobObject

public BlobObject()

Constructor.

BlobObject

public BlobObject(byte[] blob)

Constructor.

Parameters:

blob - the byte representation of the object.

Method Details

setBlob

public void setBlob(byte[] blob)

Sets the byte representation of the object.

Parameters:

blob - the blob as byte array

getBlob

public byte[] getBlob()

Returns the byte representation of the object.

Returns:

the byte representation of the object

unBlob

public Object unBlob()
              throws IOException

Returns the object represented by this blob.

Returns:

the object represented by this blob

Throws:

IOException - exception thrown whenever an error occurred while reading the object from its byte representation