/*
* Copyright 2014, The Sporting Exchange Limited
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
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package com.betfair.cougar.transport.api.protocol.events;
import com.betfair.cougar.core.api.events.Event;
import com.betfair.cougar.core.api.exception.CougarException;
/**
* This interface describes a marshaller for the supplied Event transport. The marshaller
* will turn an object that extends Event into an appropriate form to be emitted by your transport
*/
public interface EventMarshaller<T> {
/**
* Will marshall an event from the Event representation to type T.
*
* @param eventServiceBindingDescriptor
* @param event
* @param session - JMS, for some unfathomable reason, insists that Messages can only be created by a valid session
* @return returns a representation of the event as T
* @throws CougarException
*/
public T marshallEvent(EventServiceBindingDescriptor eventServiceBindingDescriptor, Event event, Object session) throws CougarException;
}