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| package org.apache.geode.internal.serialization; |
| |
| /** |
| * A SerializationContext is passed to the toData() method of a DataSerializableFixedID |
| * implementation. It can be used to obtain an ObjectSerializer and determine the |
| * Geode Version of the destination of the data in cases where the SerializationVersions |
| * interface is not being used to handle backward-compatibility issues. For instance, |
| * you might decide to change a toData() method to check on the destination version |
| * and decide to omit a field that you've added in a more recent version of Geode. |
| */ |
| public interface SerializationContext { |
| |
| /** return the version of the source/destination of this serializer */ |
| KnownVersion getSerializationVersion(); |
| |
| /** return the serializer */ |
| ObjectSerializer getSerializer(); |
| |
| } |