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package org.apache.hadoop.io.serializer;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.DataInputBuffer;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.DataOutputBuffer;
import org.apache.hadoop.util.GenericsUtil;
public class SerializationTestUtil {
/**
* A utility that tests serialization/deserialization.
* @param conf configuration to use, "io.serializations" is read to
* determine the serialization
* @param <K> the class of the item
* @param before item to (de)serialize
* @return deserialized item
*/
public static <K> K testSerialization(Configuration conf, K before)
throws Exception {
SerializationFactory factory = new SerializationFactory(conf);
Serializer<K> serializer
= factory.getSerializer(GenericsUtil.getClass(before));
Deserializer<K> deserializer
= factory.getDeserializer(GenericsUtil.getClass(before));
DataOutputBuffer out = new DataOutputBuffer();
serializer.open(out);
serializer.serialize(before);
serializer.close();
DataInputBuffer in = new DataInputBuffer();
in.reset(out.getData(), out.getLength());
deserializer.open(in);
K after = deserializer.deserialize(null);
deserializer.close();
return after;
}
}