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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.atomix.utils.serializer;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for serialization of store artifacts.
+ */
+public interface Serializer {
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a new serializer builder.
+ *
+ * @return a new serializer builder
+ */
+ static SerializerBuilder builder() {
+ return new SerializerBuilder();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a new serializer builder.
+ *
+ * @param name the serializer name
+ * @return a new serializer builder
+ */
+ static SerializerBuilder builder(String name) {
+ return new SerializerBuilder(name);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Serialize the specified object.
+ *
+ * @param object object to serialize.
+ * @param <T> encoded type
+ * @return serialized bytes.
+ */
+ <T> byte[] encode(T object);
+
+ /**
+ * Deserialize the specified bytes.
+ *
+ * @param bytes byte array to deserialize.
+ * @param <T> decoded type
+ * @return deserialized object.
+ */
+ <T> T decode(byte[] bytes);
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a new Serializer instance from a Namespace.
+ *
+ * @param namespace serializer namespace
+ * @return Serializer instance
+ */
+ static Serializer using(Namespace namespace) {
+ return new Serializer() {
+ @Override
+ public <T> byte[] encode(T object) {
+ return namespace.serialize(object);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public <T> T decode(byte[] bytes) {
+ return namespace.deserialize(bytes);
+ }
+ };
+ }
+
+}