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<FONT color="green">001</FONT> /*<a name="line.1"></a>
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<FONT color="green">017</FONT> * under the License.<a name="line.17"></a>
<FONT color="green">018</FONT> */<a name="line.18"></a>
<FONT color="green">019</FONT> package org.apache.shiro.io;<a name="line.19"></a>
<FONT color="green">020</FONT> <a name="line.20"></a>
<FONT color="green">021</FONT> /**<a name="line.21"></a>
<FONT color="green">022</FONT> * A &lt;code&gt;Serializer&lt;/code&gt; converts objects to raw binary data and vice versa, enabling persistent storage<a name="line.22"></a>
<FONT color="green">023</FONT> * of objects to files, HTTP cookies, or other mechanism.<a name="line.23"></a>
<FONT color="green">024</FONT> * &lt;p/&gt;<a name="line.24"></a>
<FONT color="green">025</FONT> * A &lt;code&gt;Serializer&lt;/code&gt; should only do conversion, never change the data, such as encoding/decoding or<a name="line.25"></a>
<FONT color="green">026</FONT> * encryption. These orthogonal concerns are handled elsewhere by Shiro, for example, via<a name="line.26"></a>
<FONT color="green">027</FONT> * {@link org.apache.shiro.codec.CodecSupport CodecSupport} and {@link org.apache.shiro.crypto.CipherService CipherService}s.<a name="line.27"></a>
<FONT color="green">028</FONT> *<a name="line.28"></a>
<FONT color="green">029</FONT> * @param &lt;T&gt; The type of the object being serialized and deserialized.<a name="line.29"></a>
<FONT color="green">030</FONT> * @since 0.9<a name="line.30"></a>
<FONT color="green">031</FONT> */<a name="line.31"></a>
<FONT color="green">032</FONT> public interface Serializer&lt;T&gt; {<a name="line.32"></a>
<FONT color="green">033</FONT> <a name="line.33"></a>
<FONT color="green">034</FONT> /**<a name="line.34"></a>
<FONT color="green">035</FONT> * Converts the specified Object into a byte[] array. This byte[] array must be able to be reconstructed<a name="line.35"></a>
<FONT color="green">036</FONT> * back into the original Object form via the {@link #deserialize(byte[]) deserialize} method.<a name="line.36"></a>
<FONT color="green">037</FONT> *<a name="line.37"></a>
<FONT color="green">038</FONT> * @param o the Object to convert into a byte[] array.<a name="line.38"></a>
<FONT color="green">039</FONT> * @return a byte[] array representing the Object's state that can be restored later.<a name="line.39"></a>
<FONT color="green">040</FONT> * @throws SerializationException if an error occurrs converting the Object into a byte[] array.<a name="line.40"></a>
<FONT color="green">041</FONT> */<a name="line.41"></a>
<FONT color="green">042</FONT> byte[] serialize(T o) throws SerializationException;<a name="line.42"></a>
<FONT color="green">043</FONT> <a name="line.43"></a>
<FONT color="green">044</FONT> /**<a name="line.44"></a>
<FONT color="green">045</FONT> * Converts the specified raw byte[] array back into an original Object form. This byte[] array is expected to<a name="line.45"></a>
<FONT color="green">046</FONT> * be the output of a previous {@link #serialize(Object) serialize} method call.<a name="line.46"></a>
<FONT color="green">047</FONT> *<a name="line.47"></a>
<FONT color="green">048</FONT> * @param serialized the raw data resulting from a previous {@link #serialize(Object) serialize} call.<a name="line.48"></a>
<FONT color="green">049</FONT> * @return the Object that was previously serialized into the raw byte[] array.<a name="line.49"></a>
<FONT color="green">050</FONT> * @throws SerializationException if an error occurrs converting the raw byte[] array back into an Object.<a name="line.50"></a>
<FONT color="green">051</FONT> */<a name="line.51"></a>
<FONT color="green">052</FONT> T deserialize(byte[] serialized) throws SerializationException;<a name="line.52"></a>
<FONT color="green">053</FONT> }<a name="line.53"></a>
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