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package org.apache.samoa.streams.kafka;

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import org.apache.samoa.core.ContentEvent;

/**
 *
 * @author pwawrzyniak
 * @param <T> the class that would be serialized
 */
public interface KafkaSerializer<T extends ContentEvent> {
    
    // TODO: Consider Key-Value schema?
    
    /**
     * Method that provides serialization algorithm
     * @param message Message received from topology, to be serialized
     * @return Serialized form of the message
     */
    byte[] serialize(T message);
}