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package org.apache.olingo.server.api.serializer;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.olingo.commons.api.edm.EdmPrimitiveType;
import org.apache.olingo.server.api.batch.exception.BatchSerializerException;
import org.apache.olingo.server.api.deserializer.batch.ODataResponsePart;

/** OData serializer for fixed output formats. */
public interface FixedFormatSerializer {

  /**
   * Writes binary output into an InputStream.
   * @param binary the binary data
   */
  InputStream binary(byte[] binary) throws SerializerException;

  /**
   * Writes a count into an InputStream as plain text.
   * @param count the count
   */
  InputStream count(Integer count) throws SerializerException;

  /**
   * Writes the raw value of a primitive-type instance into an InputStream.
   * @param type the primitive type
   * @param value the value
   * @param options options for the serializer
   */
  InputStream primitiveValue(EdmPrimitiveType type, Object value, PrimitiveValueSerializerOptions options)
      throws SerializerException;

  // TODO: Document
  // TODO: Return type
  InputStream batchResponse(List<ODataResponsePart> batchResponses, String boundary) throws BatchSerializerException;
}