Marshaller.java

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 * Copyright 2015 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates.
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 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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package org.kie.server.api.marshalling;

/**
 * These Marshallers implementations must be thread-safe
 */
public interface Marshaller {

    public String marshall(Object input);

    public <T> T unmarshall(String input, Class<T> type);
   
    public void dispose();

    public MarshallingFormat getFormat();

    public void setClassLoader( ClassLoader classloader );

    public ClassLoader getClassLoader();

}