| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2012, Paul Merlin. All Rights Reserved. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| package org.qi4j.api.value; |
| |
| /** |
| * ValueSerialization API. |
| * |
| * See {@link ValueSerializer} and {@link ValueDeserializer}. |
| */ |
| public interface ValueSerialization |
| extends ValueSerializer, ValueDeserializer |
| { |
| |
| /** |
| * Serialization format @Service tags. |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * ValueSerialization implementations should be tagged with theses at assembly time so that consumers can |
| * specify which format they need. |
| * </p> |
| */ |
| interface Formats |
| { |
| |
| /** |
| * Tag a ValueSerialization service that support the JSON format. |
| */ |
| String JSON = "json"; |
| /** |
| * Tag a ValueSerialization service that support the XML format. |
| */ |
| String XML = "xml"; |
| /** |
| * Tag a ValueSerialization service that support the YAML format. |
| */ |
| String YAML = "yaml"; |
| } |
| |
| } |