}
/**
- * Write the signature {@code List<List<List<PcapPacket>>>} into a file.
+ * Write the signature and cluster analysis {@code List<List<List<PcapPacket>>>} into a file.
*
- * After the DBSCAN algorithm derives the clusters from pairs, we save the signature in the form of list of
- * packet pairs. We harvest the pairs and transform them back into a list of PcapPacket objects.
+ * After the DBSCAN algorithm derives the clusters from pairs, we save the signature and cluster analysis
+ * in the form of list of packet pairs. We harvest the pairs and transform them back into a list of PcapPacket
+ * objects.
* We do not maintain the pairs in the form of {@code Cluster<PcapPacketPair>} objects because there might be
* a situation where we could combine multiple PcapPacketPair objects into a longer signature, i.e., a string of
* PcapPacket objects and not just a pair.
* default file name {@code SERIALIZABLE_FILE_PATH}.
* @param signature The {@link Cluster} objects in the form of list of {@code PcapPacket} objects.
*/
- public static void serializeSignatureIntoFile(String fileName, List<List<List<PcapPacket>>> signature) {
+ public static void serializeIntoFile(String fileName, List<List<List<PcapPacket>>> signature) {
if (fileName == null)
fileName = SERIALIZABLE_FILE_PATH;
try (ObjectOutputStream oos =
/**
* Read the list of list of packet pairs {@code List<List<List<PcapPacket>>>} from a file.
*
- * After the DBSCAN algorithm derives the clusters from pairs, we save the signature in the form of list of
- * packet pairs. We harvest the pairs and transform them back into a list of PcapPacket objects.
- * We do not maintain the pairs in the form of {@code Cluster<PcapPacketPair>} objects because there might be
- * a situation where we could combine multiple PcapPacketPair objects into a longer signature, i.e., a string of
- * PcapPacket objects and not just a pair.
- *
* @param fileName The path of the file in {@link String}. We could leave this one {@code null} if we wanted the
* default file name {@code SERIALIZABLE_FILE_PATH}.
* @return The list of list of list of {@link Cluster} objects ({@code List<List<List<PcapPacket>>>})
* that is read from file.
*/
- public static List<List<List<PcapPacket>>> deserializeSignatureFromFile(String fileName) {
+ public static List<List<List<PcapPacket>>> deserializeFromFile(String fileName) {
if (fileName == null)
fileName = SERIALIZABLE_FILE_PATH;
List<List<List<PcapPacket>>> ppListOfListOfList = null;