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package org.ehcache.impl.serialization;

import org.ehcache.spi.serialization.Serializer;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

/**
 * Default {@link Serializer} for {@code Char} type. Simply writes the char value
 * to a byte buffer.
 */
public class CharSerializer implements Serializer<Character> {

  /**
   * No arg constructor
   */
  public CharSerializer() {
  }

  /**
   * Constructor to enable this serializer as a transient one.
   * <p>
   * Parameter is ignored as {@link Character} is a base java type.
   *
   * @param classLoader the classloader to use
   *
   * @see Serializer
   */
  public CharSerializer(ClassLoader classLoader) {
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  @Override
  public ByteBuffer serialize(Character object) {
    ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(2);
    byteBuffer.putChar(object).flip();
    return byteBuffer;
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  @Override
  public Character read(ByteBuffer binary) throws ClassNotFoundException {
    char c = binary.getChar();
    return c;
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  @Override
  public boolean equals(Character object, ByteBuffer binary) throws ClassNotFoundException {
    return object.equals(read(binary));
  }
}