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<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L19" href="#L19">19</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">package</strong> org.apache.shiro.io;
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<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L21" href="#L21">21</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment">/**</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L22" href="#L22">22</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * A &lt;code&gt;Serializer&lt;/code&gt; converts objects to raw binary data and vice versa, enabling persistent storage</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L23" href="#L23">23</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * of objects to files, HTTP cookies, or other mechanism.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L24" href="#L24">24</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * &lt;p/&gt;</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L25" href="#L25">25</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * A &lt;code&gt;Serializer&lt;/code&gt; should only do conversion, never change the data, such as encoding/decoding or</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L26" href="#L26">26</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * encryption. These orthogonal concerns are handled elsewhere by Shiro, for example, via</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L27" href="#L27">27</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * {@link org.apache.shiro.codec.CodecSupport CodecSupport} and {@link org.apache.shiro.crypto.CipherService CipherService}s.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L28" href="#L28">28</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> *</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L29" href="#L29">29</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * @param &lt;T&gt; The type of the object being serialized and deserialized.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L30" href="#L30">30</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * @since 0.9</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L31" href="#L31">31</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> */</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L32" href="#L32">32</a> <strong class="jxr_keyword">public</strong> <strong class="jxr_keyword">interface</strong> Serializer&lt;T&gt; {
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<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L34" href="#L34">34</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment">/**</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L35" href="#L35">35</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * Converts the specified Object into a byte[] array. This byte[] array must be able to be reconstructed</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L36" href="#L36">36</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * back into the original Object form via the {@link #deserialize(byte[]) deserialize} method.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L37" href="#L37">37</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> *</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L38" href="#L38">38</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * @param o the Object to convert into a byte[] array.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L39" href="#L39">39</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * @return a byte[] array representing the Object's state that can be restored later.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L40" href="#L40">40</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * @throws SerializationException if an error occurs converting the Object into a byte[] array.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L41" href="#L41">41</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> */</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L42" href="#L42">42</a> byte[] serialize(T o) <strong class="jxr_keyword">throws</strong> SerializationException;
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L43" href="#L43">43</a>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L44" href="#L44">44</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment">/**</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L45" href="#L45">45</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * Converts the specified raw byte[] array back into an original Object form. This byte[] array is expected to</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L46" href="#L46">46</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * be the output of a previous {@link #serialize(Object) serialize} method call.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L47" href="#L47">47</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> *</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L48" href="#L48">48</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * @param serialized the raw data resulting from a previous {@link #serialize(Object) serialize} call.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L49" href="#L49">49</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * @return the Object that was previously serialized into the raw byte[] array.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L50" href="#L50">50</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> * @throws SerializationException if an error occurs converting the raw byte[] array back into an Object.</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L51" href="#L51">51</a> <em class="jxr_javadoccomment"> */</em>
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L52" href="#L52">52</a> T deserialize(byte[] serialized) <strong class="jxr_keyword">throws</strong> SerializationException;
<a class="jxr_linenumber" name="L53" href="#L53">53</a> }
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