Serializer.java

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package org.apache.ignite.cache.store.cassandra.serializer;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

/**
 * Interface which should be implemented by all serializers responsible
 * for writing/loading data to/from Cassandra in binary (BLOB) format.
 */
public interface Serializer extends Serializable {
    /**
     * Serializes object into byte buffer.
     *
     * @param obj Object to serialize.
     * @return Byte buffer with binary data.
     */
    public ByteBuffer serialize(Object obj);

    /**
     * Deserializes object from byte buffer.
     *
     * @param buf Byte buffer.
     * @return Deserialized object.
     */
    public Object deserialize(ByteBuffer buf);
}