storm-client/src/jvm/org/apache/storm/serialization/SerializationDelegate.java

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package org.apache.storm.serialization;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Allow {@link org.apache.storm.utils.Utils} to delegate meta serialization.
 */
public interface SerializationDelegate {

    /**
     * Lifecycle step that will be called after instantiating with nullary constructor.
     */
    void prepare(Map<String, Object> topoConf);

    byte[] serialize(Object object);

    <T> T deserialize(byte[] bytes, Class<T> clazz);
}