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#pragma once


#include "geode_defs.hpp"
#include "IPdxWriter.hpp"
#include "IPdxReader.hpp"

namespace Apache
{
  namespace Geode
  {
    namespace Client
    {

      /// <summary>
      /// The IPdxSerializer interface allows domain classes to be 
      /// serialized and deserialized as PDXs without modification 
      /// of the domain class.
      /// A domain class should register delgate <see cref="Serializable.RegisterPdxType" /> to create new 
      /// instance of type for de-serilization.
      /// </summary>
      public interface class IPdxSerializer
      {
      public:

        /// <summary>
        /// Serializes this object in geode PDX format.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="o">
        /// the object which need to serialize
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="writer">
        /// the IPdxWriter object to use for serializing the object
        /// </param>
        bool ToData(Object^ o, IPdxWriter^ writer);

        /// <summary>
        /// Deserialize this object.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="classname">
        /// the classname whose object need to de-serialize
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="reader">
        /// the IPdxReader stream to use for reading the object data
        /// </param>
        Object^ FromData(String^ classname, IPdxReader^ reader);

      };
    }  // namespace Client
  }  // namespace Geode
}  // namespace Apache