org.mule.runtime.ast.api.serialization

Interface ArtifactAstSerializer

@NoImplement
public interface ArtifactAstSerializer

Defines a component capable of serializing ArtifactAsts into an InputStream.

A serialized ArtifactAst will contain the information of the original artifact and some more metadata relevant to the serializer. This metadata will be entirely and exclusively in the first line of the resulting input stream and will be composed by an ID corresponding to the serializer used followed by its version. This values will be delimited by a pound (#) character like the following example shows: "SERIALIZERID#1.2.3#". This metadata is required by the ArtifactAstDeserializer in order to determine which deserializer to use with the provided input stream.

Since:

1.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
InputStream	serialize(ArtifactAst artifactAst) Serializes an ArtifactAst into an InputStream adding string metadata in the first line followed by the serialized content.

Method Detail

serialize

InputStream serialize(ArtifactAst artifactAst)

Serializes an ArtifactAst into an InputStream adding string metadata in the first line followed by the serialized content.

Parameters:

artifactAst - The AST of the artifact to be serialized

Returns:

an InputStream containing a first line with metadata (a String with serializer id and version delimited by the character '#') followed by the serialized content.