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* Copyright 2010 Cees De Groot, Alex Boisvert, Jan Kotek
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
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package de.mxro.thrd.jdbm2V22;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* Interface used to provide a serialization mechanism other than a class' normal
* serialization.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:boisvert@intalio.com">Alex Boisvert</a>
*/
public interface Serializer<A>
{
/**
* Serialize the content of an object into a byte array.
*
* @param out DataOutputStream to save object into
* @param obj Object to serialize
*
*/
public void serialize(SerializerOutput out,A obj )
throws IOException;
/**
* Deserialize the content of an object from a byte array.
*
* @param serialized DataInputStream to read object from
* @return deserialized object
* @throws IOException
* @throws ClassNotFoundException
*/
public A deserialize( SerializerInput in )
throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;
}