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| package org.apache.geode.internal; |
| |
| /** |
| * This interface is extended by DataSerializableFixedID and VersionedDataSerializable in order to |
| * furnish version information to the serialization infrastructure for backward compatibility |
| * |
| */ |
| |
| public interface SerializationVersions { |
| /** |
| * Returns the versions where this classes serialized form was modified. Versions returned by this |
| * method are expected to be in increasing ordinal order from 0 .. N. For instance,<br> |
| * Version.GFE_7_0, Version.GFE_7_0_1, Version.GFE_8_0, Version.GFXD_1_1<br> |
| * <p> |
| * You are expected to implement toDataPre_GFE_7_0_0_0(), fromDataPre_GFE_7_0_0_0(), ..., |
| * toDataPre_GFXD_1_1_0_0, fromDataPre_GFXD_1_1_0_0. |
| * <p> |
| * The method name is formed with the version's product name and its major, minor, release and |
| * patch numbers. |
| */ |
| Version[] getSerializationVersions(); |
| |
| } |
