core/spi/src/main/java/org/apache/zest/spi/value/TypeDeserializer.java

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package org.apache.zest.spi.value;

import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

public interface TypeDeserializer<T>
{
    T deserialize( Class<? extends T> type, VDA parent, Object parser )
        throws Exception;

    T deserialize( Class<? extends T> type, VDA parent, String stringValue )
        throws Exception;

    List<String> fieldNames( Class<?> type );

    Class<?> fieldTypeOf( Type parent, String fieldName );

    T createObject( Object data );
}