Switch SchemaUnawareCodec to an abstract class
[mdsal.git] / binding / mdsal-binding-dom-codec / src / main / java / org / opendaylight / mdsal / binding / dom / codec / impl / DataObjectSerializerImplementation.java
1 /*
2  * Copyright (c) 2014 Cisco Systems, Inc. and others.  All rights reserved.
3  *
4  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
5  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
6  * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
7  */
8 package org.opendaylight.mdsal.binding.dom.codec.impl;
9
10 import java.io.IOException;
11 import org.opendaylight.mdsal.binding.dom.codec.api.BindingStreamEventWriter;
12 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataObject;
13
14 /**
15  * SPI-level contract for implementations of {@link DataObjectSerializer}.
16  * The contract is kept between implementation of {@link DataObjectSerializerRegistry},
17  * which maintains the lookup context required for recursive serialization.
18  */
19 //* FIXME: this interface should not be necessary
20 public interface DataObjectSerializerImplementation {
21     /**
22      * Writes stream events for supplied data object to provided stream.
23      *
24      * <p>
25      * DataObjectSerializerRegistry may be used to lookup serializers for other generated classes  in order to support
26      * writing their events.
27      */
28     void serialize(DataObjectSerializerRegistry reg, DataObject obj, BindingStreamEventWriter stream)
29             throws IOException;
30 }