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* Copyright (c) 2012-2017 Codenvy, S.A.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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*
* Contributors:
* Codenvy, S.A. - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.che.api.vfs.impl.file;
import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.DataOutput;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* Writes object to stream and restores object from stream. Implementation has full control over format of serialization.
*
* @author andrew00x
*
* @deprecated VFS components are now considered deprecated and will be replaced by standard JDK routines.
*/
@Deprecated
public interface DataSerializer<T> {
/**
* Writes <code>value</code> to <code>output</code>.
*
* @param output
* serialization stream
* @param value
* instance for serialization
* @throws IOException
* if an i/o error occurs
*/
void write(DataOutput output, T value) throws IOException;
/**
* Restores object from <code>input</code>.
*
* @param input
* stream which contains serialized object
* @return restored instance
* @throws IOException
* if an i/o error occurs
*/
T read(DataInput input) throws IOException;
}