TupleSerializer.java

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 * Copyright 2014 University of Southern California
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package edu.usc.pgroup.floe.serialization;

import edu.usc.pgroup.floe.app.Tuple;

/**
 * Tuple serializer interface.
 * @author kumbhare
 */
public interface TupleSerializer {
    /**
     * Serializes a tuple to bytes.
     * @param tuple A message tuple.
     * @return serialized byte array.
     */
    byte[] serialize(Tuple tuple);

    /**
     * Deserializes a byte array into a tuple object.
     * @param serializedData serialized byte array obtained earlier from the
     *                       serialize function.
     * @return The deserialized Tuple object.
     */
    Tuple deserialize(byte[] serializedData);
}