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package com.datatorrent.lib.appdata.gpo;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.MutableInt;

/**
 * <p>
 * This is an interface for serializing and deserializing objects within a {@link GPOMutable} object.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * <b>Note: All the methods in this interface must be thread safe.</b>
 * </p>
 * @since 3.0.0
 */
public interface Serde
{
  byte[] serializeObject(Object object);

  Object deserializeObject(byte[] object, MutableInt offset);
}