lightning-core/src/main/java/org/apache/directmemory/lightning/SerializationContext.java

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package org.apache.directmemory.lightning;

import java.lang.reflect.Type;

import org.apache.directmemory.lightning.instantiator.ObjectInstantiatorFactory;
import org.apache.directmemory.lightning.metadata.ClassDefinitionContainer;
import org.apache.directmemory.lightning.metadata.ValueNullableEvaluator;

public interface SerializationContext
{

    ClassDefinitionContainer getClassDefinitionContainer();

    SerializationStrategy getSerializationStrategy();

    ObjectInstantiatorFactory getObjectInstantiatorFactory();

    Marshaller findMarshaller( Type type );

    ValueNullableEvaluator getValueNullableEvaluator();

    long findReferenceIdByObject( Object instance );

    Object findObjectByReferenceId( long referenceId );

    boolean containsReferenceId( long referenceId );

    long putMarshalledInstance( Object instance );

    long putUnmarshalledInstance( long refrenceId, Object instance );

}