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package org.xwiki.store;
import java.io.File;
/**
* An entity that serialize embedded data to file.
*
* @version $Id: 17edb294265c7a1596615dd3ade65e3b713e7f84 $
* @since 9.0RC1
*/
public interface FileSerializer
{
/**
* @param file the file to write to
* @throws Exception when failing to serialize the data to the passed file
*/
void serialize(File file) throws Exception;
}