| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2011 Sonatype, Inc. and others. |
| * |
| * This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/ |
| * |
| * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Sonatype, Inc - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.io; |
| |
| import java.io.OutputStream; |
| import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException; |
| import java.util.Collection; |
| import org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.metadata.repository.io.MetadataWriter; |
| import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.IInstallableUnit; |
| |
| /** |
| * This class allows to serialize a collection of {@link IInstallableUnit}s. |
| * These serialized IUs can be read using the {@link IUDeserializer}. |
| * The format in which the IUs are serialized is not API and is subject to change without notice. |
| * @since 1.2 |
| */ |
| public class IUSerializer { |
| MetadataWriter writer; |
| |
| /** |
| * Construct a serializer. |
| * @param os the output stream against which the serializer will work. |
| * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException |
| */ |
| public IUSerializer(OutputStream os) throws UnsupportedEncodingException { |
| writer = new MetadataWriter(os, null); |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * Serialize the given collections of IU. |
| * @param ius the collection of {@link IInstallableUnit}s to serialize |
| */ |
| public void write(Collection<IInstallableUnit> ius) { |
| writer.writeInstallableUnits(ius.iterator(), ius.size()); |
| writer.flush(); |
| } |
| } |