SerializedObject (weka-dev 3.9.7 API)

java.lang.Object
- weka.core.SerializedObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, RevisionHandler
```
public class SerializedObject
extends Object
implements Serializable, RevisionHandler
```
Class for storing an object in serialized form in memory. It can be used to make deep copies of objects, and also allows compression to conserve memory.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Richard Kirkby (rbk1@cs.waikato.ac.nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`SerializedObject(Object toStore)`	Creates a new serialized object (without compression).
`SerializedObject(Object toStore, boolean compress)`	Creates a new serialized object.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(Object compareTo)`
`Object`	`getObject()`	Returns a serialized object.
`String`	`getRevision()`	Returns the revision string.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Returns a hashcode for this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - SerializedObject
```
public SerializedObject(Object toStore)
                 throws Exception
```
    Creates a new serialized object (without compression).
    
    Parameters:
    
    toStore - the object to store
    
    Throws:
    
    Exception - if the object couldn't be serialized
  - SerializedObject
```
public SerializedObject(Object toStore,
                        boolean compress)
                 throws Exception
```
    Creates a new serialized object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    toStore - the object to store
    
    compress - whether or not to use compression
    
    Throws:
    
    Exception - if the object couldn't be serialized
- Method Detail
  - equals
```
public final boolean equals(Object compareTo)
```
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class Object
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Returns a hashcode for this object.
    
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class Object
    
    Returns:
    
    the hashcode
  - getObject
```
public Object getObject()
```
    Returns a serialized object. Uses org.python.util.PythonObjectInputStream for Jython objects (read here for more details).
    
    Returns:
    
    the restored object
  - getRevision
```
public String getRevision()
```
    Returns the revision string.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getRevision in interface RevisionHandler
    
    Returns:
    
    the revision