/**
* This file is part of CloudML [ http://cloudml.org ]
*
* Copyright (C) 2012 - SINTEF ICT
* Contact: Franck Chauvel <franck.chauvel@sintef.no>
*
* Module: root
*
* CloudML is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
* the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* CloudML is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General
* Public License along with CloudML. If not, see
* <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.cloudml.codecs.commons;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import org.cloudml.core.NamedElement;
/**
* Codec provides service to serialize/deserialize models into/from streams,
* which define the content of serialized models (and not locations where to
* access them)
*
* IMPORTANT: Storing serialized versions of the models is the responsibility of
* the client calling these services
*
* @author Franck CHAUVEL, Brice MORIN
*/
public interface Codec {
/**
* Lists of extension supported by codecs
*/
static final Map<String, Codec> extensions = new HashMap<String, Codec>();
/**
* @param content, the stream from which we can read the serialized version
* of the model
* @return the in-memory version of the model
*/
public NamedElement load(InputStream content);
/**
* @param model, the in-memory version of the model
* @param content, the stream where the serialized model will be pushed
*/
public void save(NamedElement model, OutputStream content);
}