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package org.wildfly.clustering.marshalling.spi;
/**
* A marshalling strategy for a specific object type.
* @author Paul Ferraro
* @param V the value type
* @param S the serialized form type
*/
public interface Marshaller<V, S> extends Marshallability {
/**
* Reads a value from its marshalled form.
* @param value the marshalled form
* @return an unmarshalled value/
* @throws InvalidSerializedFormException if the serialized form is invalid
*/
V read(S value) throws InvalidSerializedFormException;
/**
* Writes a value to its serialized form
* @param a value to marshal.
* @return the serialized form of the value
*/
S write(V value);
}