DeserializedObject.java

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package org.activiti.engine.impl.variable;

import java.util.Arrays;

import org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.entity.VariableInstanceEntity;


/**
 * @author Tom Baeyens
 */
public class DeserializedObject {
  SerializableType type;
  Object deserializedObject;
  byte[] originalBytes;
  VariableInstanceEntity variableInstanceEntity;

  public DeserializedObject(SerializableType type, Object deserializedObject, byte[] serializedBytes, VariableInstanceEntity variableInstanceEntity) {
    this.type = type;
    this.deserializedObject = deserializedObject;
    this.originalBytes = serializedBytes;
    this.variableInstanceEntity = variableInstanceEntity;
  }

  public void flush() {
    // this first check verifies if the variable value was not overwritten with another object
    if (deserializedObject == variableInstanceEntity.getCachedValue() && !variableInstanceEntity.isDeleted()) {
      byte[] bytes = type.serialize(deserializedObject, variableInstanceEntity);
      if (!Arrays.equals(originalBytes, bytes)) {
        
        // Add an additional check to prevent byte differences due to JDK changes etc
        Object originalObject = type.deserialize(originalBytes, variableInstanceEntity);
        byte[] refreshedOriginalBytes = type.serialize(originalObject, variableInstanceEntity);
        
        if (!Arrays.equals(refreshedOriginalBytes, bytes)) {
          variableInstanceEntity.setBytes(bytes);
        }
      }
    }
  }
}