Scala example source code file (Marshal.scala)

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a, a, array, array, bytearrayinputstream, bytearrayoutputstream, bytearrayoutputstream, classcastexception, classmanifest, classmanifest, marshal, objectinputstream, objectoutputstream

The Scala Marshal.scala source code

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package scala.util

/**
 * Marshalling of Scala objects using Scala manifests.
 *
 * @author Stephane Micheloud
 * @version 1.0
 */
object Marshal {
  import java.io._
  import scala.reflect.ClassManifest

  def dump[A](o: A)(implicit m: ClassManifest[A]): Array[Byte] = {
    val ba = new ByteArrayOutputStream(512)
    val out = new ObjectOutputStream(ba)
    out.writeObject(m)
    out.writeObject(o)
    out.close()
    ba.toByteArray()
  }

  @throws(classOf[IOException])
  @throws(classOf[ClassCastException])
  @throws(classOf[ClassNotFoundException])
  def load[A](buffer: Array[Byte])(implicit expected: ClassManifest[A]): A = {
    val in = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(buffer))
    val found = in.readObject.asInstanceOf[ClassManifest[_]]
    if (found <:< expected) {
      val o = in.readObject.asInstanceOf[A]
      in.close()
      o
    } else {
      in.close()
      throw new ClassCastException("type mismatch;"+
        "\n found   : "+found+
        "\n required: "+expected)
    }
  }

}