SessionValueEncoder.java

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package com.alibaba.citrus.service.requestcontext.session.valueencoder;

import com.alibaba.citrus.service.requestcontext.session.SessionStore.StoreContext;

/**
 * 将对象转换成字符串值或反之。
 *
 * @author Michael Zhou
 */
public interface SessionValueEncoder {
    /**
     * 将对象编码成字符串。
     *
     * @throws SessionValueEncoderException 如果编码失败
     */
    String encode(Object value, StoreContext storeContext) throws SessionValueEncoderException;

    /**
     * 将字符串解码成对象。
     *
     * @throws SessionValueEncoderException 如果解码失败
     */
    Object decode(String encodedValue, StoreContext storeContext) throws SessionValueEncoderException;
}