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package com.hazelcast.nio.serialization;
/**
* This interface is used to automatically register serializers from external
* Hazelcast or user modules.<br/>
* Both types of {@link com.hazelcast.nio.serialization.Serializer}s are supported
* ({@link com.hazelcast.nio.serialization.StreamSerializer} and
* {@link com.hazelcast.nio.serialization.ByteArraySerializer}).
* It needs to be registered using a file called "com.hazelcast.SerializerHook"
* in META-INF/services.
* Those services files are not registered using the standard Java6+ java.util.ServiceLoader
* but with a Hazelcast version that is capable of working with multiple classloaders
* to support JEE and OSGi environments.
*
* @param <T> the type of the serialized object
*/
public interface SerializerHook<T> {
/**
* Returns the actual class type of the serialized object
*
* @return the serialized object type
*/
Class<T> getSerializationType();
/**
* Creates a new serializer for the serialization type
*
* @return a new serializer instance
*/
Serializer createSerializer();
/**
* Defines if this serializer can be overridden by defining a custom
* serializer in the configurations (codebase or configuration file)
*
* @return if the serializer is overwritable
*/
boolean isOverwritable();
}