| /*******************************************************************************
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| * Copyright (c) 2011, 2019 Mia-Software and others.
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| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
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| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v2.0
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| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v20.html
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| *
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| * Contributors:
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| * Nicolas Bros (Mia-Software) - initial API and implementation
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| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.modisco.facet.util.emf.core.serialization;
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|
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| /**
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| * The interface that must be implemented when adding an extension to the "serializer" extension
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| * point.
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| *
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| * @see ISerializationRegistry
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| */
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| // note: the serializer has to return the {@link Class} object instead of a qualified name
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| // because that's the one that has it on its bundle classpath.
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| public interface ISerializer<T> {
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|
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| /** @return the type handled by this serializer. */
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| Class<T> getType();
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|
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| /** Serialize the given value into a String */
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| String serialize(T value);
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|
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| /**
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| * Deserialize the given String back into the original value that was serialized with
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| * {@link ISerializer#serialize(Object)}
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| */
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| T deserialize(String serializedValue);
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| }
|
