Serialization.java

package com.esotericsoftware.kryonet;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

/** Controls how objects are transmitted over the network. */
public interface Serialization {
	/**
	 * @param connection
	 *            May be null.
	 */
	public void write(Connection connection, ByteBuffer buffer, Object object);

	public Object read(Connection connection, ByteBuffer buffer);

	/**
	 * The fixed number of bytes that will be written by
	 * {@link #writeLength(ByteBuffer, int)} and read by
	 * {@link #readLength(ByteBuffer)}.
	 */
	public int getLengthLength();

	public void writeLength(ByteBuffer buffer, int length);

	public int readLength(ByteBuffer buffer);
}