package org.apache.helix.store;

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/**
 * Serializer interface for property store
 * @param <T>
 */

public interface PropertySerializer<T> {
  /**
   * Serialize data object of type T to byte array
   * @param data
   * @return
   * @throws PropertyStoreException
   */
  public byte[] serialize(T data) throws PropertyStoreException;

  /**
   * Deserialize byte array to data object of type T
   * @param bytes
   * @return
   * @throws PropertyStoreException
   */
  public T deserialize(byte[] bytes) throws PropertyStoreException;
}