How can I use Kryo
to serialize an object and deserialize it again? I am working in Kryo 2.23.0
Kryo's syntax is relatively similar to java serialisation. A kryo object is created as well as an output/input and one of kryos methods is used to perform the serialisation/deserialisation
kryo.writeClassAndObject(output, object); //for if the concrete class isn't known (can be null)
kryo.writeObjectOrNull(output, someObject); //if the object could be null
kryo.writeObject(output, someObject); //can't be null and concrete class is known
Each of the writes is paired with a read
SomeClass object = (SomeClass)kryo.readClassAndObject(input);
SomeClass someObject = kryo.readObjectOrNull(input, SomeClass.class);
SomeClass someObject = kryo.readObject(input, SomeClass.class);
The following is an example using writeClassAndObject that serialises a Vector3d to a file and back again.
public class KryoTest {
public static void main(String[] args){
Vector3d someObject=new Vector3d(1,2,3);
//serialise object
//try-with-resources used to autoclose resources
try (Output output = new Output(new FileOutputStream("KryoTest.ser"))) {
Kryo kryo=new Kryo();
kryo.writeClassAndObject(output, someObject);
} catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(KryTest.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
//deserialise object
Vector3d retrievedObject=null;
try (Input input = new Input( new FileInputStream("KryoTest.ser"))){
Kryo kryo=new Kryo();
retrievedObject=(Vector3d)kryo.readClassAndObject(input);
} catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(KryTest.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
System.out.println("Retrieved from file: " + retrievedObject.toString());
}
}
All the up to date documentation has moved to github now; https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/kryo#quickstart