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| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
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| |
| package org.apache.hadoop.io.serializer; |
| |
| import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience; |
| import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability; |
| |
| /** |
| * <p> |
| * Encapsulates a {@link Serializer}/{@link Deserializer} pair. |
| * </p> |
| * @param <T> |
| */ |
| @InterfaceAudience.LimitedPrivate({"HDFS", "MapReduce"}) |
| @InterfaceStability.Evolving |
| public interface Serialization<T> { |
| |
| /** |
| * Allows clients to test whether this {@link Serialization} |
| * supports the given class. |
| */ |
| boolean accept(Class<?> c); |
| |
| /** |
| * @return a {@link Serializer} for the given class. |
| */ |
| Serializer<T> getSerializer(Class<T> c); |
| |
| /** |
| * @return a {@link Deserializer} for the given class. |
| */ |
| Deserializer<T> getDeserializer(Class<T> c); |
| } |