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<pre><span class="sourceLineNo">001</span><a id="line.1">/*</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">002</span><a id="line.2"> * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one</a>
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<span class="sourceLineNo">018</span><a id="line.18"> */</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">019</span><a id="line.19">package org.apache.shiro.io;</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">020</span><a id="line.20"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">021</span><a id="line.21">/**</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">022</span><a id="line.22"> * A &lt;code&gt;Serializer&lt;/code&gt; converts objects to raw binary data and vice versa, enabling persistent storage</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">023</span><a id="line.23"> * of objects to files, HTTP cookies, or other mechanism.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">024</span><a id="line.24"> * &lt;p/&gt;</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">025</span><a id="line.25"> * A &lt;code&gt;Serializer&lt;/code&gt; should only do conversion, never change the data, such as encoding/decoding or</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">026</span><a id="line.26"> * encryption. These orthogonal concerns are handled elsewhere by Shiro, for example, via</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">027</span><a id="line.27"> * {@link org.apache.shiro.codec.CodecSupport CodecSupport} and {@link org.apache.shiro.crypto.CipherService CipherService}s.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">028</span><a id="line.28"> *</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">029</span><a id="line.29"> * @param &lt;T&gt; The type of the object being serialized and deserialized.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">030</span><a id="line.30"> * @since 0.9</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">031</span><a id="line.31"> */</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">032</span><a id="line.32">public interface Serializer&lt;T&gt; {</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">033</span><a id="line.33"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">034</span><a id="line.34"> /**</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">035</span><a id="line.35"> * Converts the specified Object into a byte[] array. This byte[] array must be able to be reconstructed</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">036</span><a id="line.36"> * back into the original Object form via the {@link #deserialize(byte[]) deserialize} method.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">037</span><a id="line.37"> *</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">038</span><a id="line.38"> * @param o the Object to convert into a byte[] array.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">039</span><a id="line.39"> * @return a byte[] array representing the Object's state that can be restored later.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">040</span><a id="line.40"> * @throws SerializationException if an error occurs converting the Object into a byte[] array.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">041</span><a id="line.41"> */</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">042</span><a id="line.42"> byte[] serialize(T o) throws SerializationException;</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">043</span><a id="line.43"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">044</span><a id="line.44"> /**</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">045</span><a id="line.45"> * Converts the specified raw byte[] array back into an original Object form. This byte[] array is expected to</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">046</span><a id="line.46"> * be the output of a previous {@link #serialize(Object) serialize} method call.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">047</span><a id="line.47"> *</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">048</span><a id="line.48"> * @param serialized the raw data resulting from a previous {@link #serialize(Object) serialize} call.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">049</span><a id="line.49"> * @return the Object that was previously serialized into the raw byte[] array.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">050</span><a id="line.50"> * @throws SerializationException if an error occurs converting the raw byte[] array back into an Object.</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">051</span><a id="line.51"> */</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">052</span><a id="line.52"> T deserialize(byte[] serialized) throws SerializationException;</a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">053</span><a id="line.53">}</a>
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