ObjectPersistenceBackend.java

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package org.openengsb.core.persistence.internal;

import java.io.File;

import org.openengsb.core.api.persistence.PersistenceException;

/**
 * Interface capsulating the read/write operations against the serialisation database.
 */
public interface ObjectPersistenceBackend {
    /**
     * Writes an object into the specified file
     */
    void writeDatabaseObject(Object obj, File file) throws PersistenceException;

    /**
     * Reads an object from an specified file.
     */
    Object readDatabaseObject(File file) throws PersistenceException;
}