/*
* Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates.
*
* 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
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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package org.jboss.errai.marshalling.client.api;
import org.jboss.errai.marshalling.client.api.json.EJValue;
/**
* @author Mike Brock <cbrock@redhat.com>
*/
public interface Marshaller<T> {
T demarshall(EJValue o, MarshallingSession ctx);
String marshall(final T o, MarshallingSession ctx);
/**
* Returns an empty array of the type handled by this marshaller. Useful in conjunction with {@code List.toArray(T[])}.
*
* @return a one-dimensional zero-length array of the type handled by this marshaller.
*/
T[] getEmptyArray();
}