ExternalSort.Serializer (Geneious Public API)

Type Parameters:

T - the type of element to be sorted

Enclosing class:

ExternalSort<T>
```
public static interface ExternalSort.Serializer<T>
```
Specifies how to serialize the elements to disk and read them back in again.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`read(GeneiousObjectInputStream in)`	reads an element from a stream
`void`	`write(GeneiousObjectOutputStream out, T element)`	writes this element to a stream

- Method Detail
  - write
```
void write(GeneiousObjectOutputStream out,
           T element)
    throws java.io.IOException
```
    writes this element to a stream
    
    Parameters:
    
    out - the stream to write to
    
    element - the element to write to the stream
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if there is a problem writing to the stream
  - read
```
T read(GeneiousObjectInputStream in)
throws java.io.IOException
```
    reads an element from a stream
    
    Parameters:
    
    in - the stream to read from
    
    Returns:
    
    the newly read element
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if there is a problem reading from the stream