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package org.apache.pirk.serialization;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * Ability to read and write objects to/from a stream.
 */
public abstract class SerializationService
{
  public abstract <T> T read(InputStream stream, Class<T> type) throws IOException;

  public abstract void write(OutputStream w, Storable obj) throws IOException;

  public byte[] toBytes(Storable obj)
  {
    ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

    try
    {
      write(bos, obj);
    } catch (IOException e)
    {
      throw new RuntimeException(e);
    }

    return bos.toByteArray();
  }
}