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package org.apache.geode.internal;
/**
* This interface is extended by DataSerializableFixedID and VersionedDataSerializable in order to
* furnish version information to the serialization infrastructure for backward compatibility
*
*/
public interface SerializationVersions {
/**
* Returns the versions where this classes serialized form was modified. Versions returned by this
* method are expected to be in increasing ordinal order from 0 .. N. For instance,<br>
* Version.GFE_7_0, Version.GFE_7_0_1, Version.GFE_8_0, Version.GFXD_1_1<br>
* <p>
* You are expected to implement toDataPre_GFE_7_0_0_0(), fromDataPre_GFE_7_0_0_0(), ...,
* toDataPre_GFXD_1_1_0_0, fromDataPre_GFXD_1_1_0_0.
* <p>
* The method name is formed with the version's product name and its major, minor, release and
* patch numbers.
*/
public Version[] getSerializationVersions();
}