DataConverter Interface

Package:

com.microsoft.durabletask

Maven Artifact:

com.microsoft:durabletask-client:1.0.0

public interface DataConverter

Interface for serializing and deserializing data that gets passed to and from orchestrators and activities.

Implementations of this abstract class are free to use any serialization method. Currently, only strings are supported as the serialized representation of data. Byte array payloads and streams are not supported by this abstraction. Note that these methods all accept null values, in which case the return value should also be null.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract T	deserialize(String data, Class<T> target) Deserializes the given text data into an object of the specified type.
static java.time.Instant	getInstantFromTimestamp(Timestamp ts)
static com.google.protobuf.Timestamp	getTimestampFromInstant(Instant instant)
abstract java.lang.String	serialize(Object value) Serializes the input into a text representation.

Method Details

deserialize

public abstract T deserialize(String data, Class target)

Deserializes the given text data into an object of the specified type.

Parameters:

data - the text data to deserialize into an object

target - the target class to deserialize the input into

Returns:

a deserialized object of type T

getInstantFromTimestamp

public static Instant getInstantFromTimestamp(Timestamp ts)

Parameters:

ts

getTimestampFromInstant

public static Timestamp getTimestampFromInstant(Instant instant)

Parameters:

instant

serialize

public abstract String serialize(Object value)

Serializes the input into a text representation.

Parameters:

value - the value to be serialized

Returns:

a serialized text representation of the value or null if the value is null