lang/cs/Org.Apache.REEF.Tang/Interface/IClassHierarchySerializer.cs

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using Org.Apache.REEF.Tang.Annotations;
using Org.Apache.REEF.Tang.Implementations.ClassHierarchy;

namespace Org.Apache.REEF.Tang.Interface
{
    [DefaultImplementation(typeof(AvroClassHierarchySerializer), "default")]
    public interface IClassHierarchySerializer
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Serialize a ClassHierarchy into a file 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="c"></param>
        /// <param name="fileName"></param>
        void ToFile(IClassHierarchy c, string fileName);

        /// <summary>
        /// Serialize a ClassHierarchy into a text file as Jason string
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="c"></param>
        /// <param name="fileName"></param>
        void ToTextFile(IClassHierarchy c, string fileName);

        /// <summary>
        /// Serialize a ClassHierarchy into a Jason string
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="c"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        string ToString(IClassHierarchy c);

        /// <summary>
        /// Serialize a ClassHierarchy into a byte array
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="c"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        byte[] ToByteArray(IClassHierarchy c);

        /// <summary>
        /// Deserialize a ClassHierarchy from a file
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="fileName"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        IClassHierarchy FromFile(string fileName);

        /// <summary>
        /// Deserialize a ClassHierarchy from a text file
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="fileName"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        IClassHierarchy FromTextFile(string fileName);

        /// <summary>
        /// Deserialize a ClassHierarchy from a byte array
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="bytes"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        IClassHierarchy FromByteArray(byte[] bytes);

        /// <summary>
        /// Deserialize a ClassHierarchy from a Jason string
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="jsonString"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        IClassHierarchy FromString(string jsonString);
    }
}