/*
 * Copyright [2012-2015] PayPal Software Foundation
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package ml.shifu.guagua.util;

/**
 * To serialize object to byte array and de-serialize bytes to an instance.
 * 
 * @author Zhang David (pengzhang@paypal.com)
 */
public interface ObjectSerializer<T> {

    /**
     * Serialize an instance to byte array.
     */
    byte[] serialize(T t);

    /**
     * De-serialize byte array to an instance.
     */
    T deserialize(byte[] bytes, Class<?> clazz);
}