common/rya.api/src/main/java/org/apache/rya/api/resolver/RyaTypeResolver.java

package org.apache.rya.api.resolver;

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import org.apache.rya.api.domain.RyaRange;
import org.apache.rya.api.domain.RyaType;
import org.eclipse.rdf4j.model.IRI;

/**
 * Date: 7/16/12
 * Time: 12:08 PM
 */
public interface RyaTypeResolver {
    public byte[] serialize(RyaType ryaType) throws RyaTypeResolverException;
    public byte[][] serializeType(RyaType ryaType) throws RyaTypeResolverException;

    public RyaType deserialize(byte[] bytes) throws RyaTypeResolverException;

    public RyaType newInstance();

    /**
     * @param bytes
     * @return true if this byte[] is deserializable by this resolver
     */
    public boolean deserializable(byte[] bytes);

    public IRI getRyaDataType();

    public byte getMarkerByte();

    /**
     * This will allow a resolver to modify a range. For example, a date time resolver, with a reverse index,
     * might want to reverse the start and stop
     *
     * @return
     * @throws RyaTypeResolverException
     */
    public RyaRange transformRange(RyaRange ryaRange) throws RyaTypeResolverException;

}