public class

TypeInferringSerializer

extends AbstractSerializer<T>
implements Serializer<T> 
package com.netflix.astyanax.serializers;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

import com.netflix.astyanax.Serializer;

/**
 * A serializer that dynamically delegates to a proper serializer based on the
 * value passed
 * 
 * @author Bozhidar Bozhanov
 * 
 * @param <T>
 *            type
 */
public class TypeInferringSerializer<T> extends AbstractSerializer<T> implements Serializer<T> {

    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
    private static final TypeInferringSerializer instance = new TypeInferringSerializer();

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> TypeInferringSerializer<T> get() {
        return instance;
    }

    @Override
    public ByteBuffer toByteBuffer(T obj) {
        return SerializerTypeInferer.getSerializer(obj).toByteBuffer(obj);
    }

    @Override
    public T fromByteBuffer(ByteBuffer byteBuffer) {
        throw new IllegalStateException(
                "The type inferring serializer can only be used for data going to the database, and not data coming from the database");
    }

}