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package org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.serializer;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
/**
* The SerializeMethod is used to define a serialization strategy for a certain object type.
*
* @author Thomas Morgner
*/
public interface SerializeMethod {
/**
* Writes a serializable object description to the given object output stream.
*
* @param o the to be serialized object.
* @param out the outputstream that should receive the object.
* @throws IOException if an I/O error occured.
*/
public void writeObject( Object o, ObjectOutputStream out )
throws IOException;
/**
* Reads the object from the object input stream.
*
* @param in the object input stream from where to read the serialized data.
* @return the generated object.
* @throws IOException if reading the stream failed.
* @throws ClassNotFoundException if serialized object class cannot be found.
*/
public Object readObject( ObjectInputStream in )
throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;
/**
* The class of the object, which this object can serialize.
*
* @return the class of the object type, which this method handles.
*/
public Class getObjectClass();
}