52 lines
1.5 KiB
Java
52 lines
1.5 KiB
Java
/*******************************************************************************
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* Copyright 2010 Cees De Groot, Alex Boisvert, Jan Kotek
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*
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* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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* You may obtain a copy of the License at
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*
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* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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*
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* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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* limitations under the License.
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******************************************************************************/
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package org.apache.jdbm;
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import java.io.*;
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/**
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* Interface used to provide a serialization mechanism other than a class' normal
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* serialization.
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*
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* @author Alex Boisvert
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*/
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public interface Serializer<A> {
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/**
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* Serialize the content of an object into a byte array.
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*
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* @param out ObjectOutput to save object into
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* @param obj Object to serialize
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*/
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public void serialize(DataOutput out, A obj)
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throws IOException;
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/**
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* Deserialize the content of an object from a byte array.
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*
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* @param in to read serialized data from
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* @return deserialized object
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* @throws IOException
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* @throws ClassNotFoundException
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*/
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public A deserialize(DataInput in)
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throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;
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}
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