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| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
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| */ |
| package org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.io.binary; |
| |
| import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.io.Buffer; |
| |
| import java.io.IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Represents a serializer for a given type. |
| */ |
| public interface TypeSerializer<T> { |
| |
| /** |
| * Gets the {@link DataType} that is represented by the given {@link T}. |
| */ |
| DataType getDataType(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Reads the type information and value from the buffer and returns an instance of T. |
| */ |
| T read(final Buffer buffer, final GraphBinaryReader context) throws IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Reads the value from the buffer (not the type information) and returns an instance of T. |
| * <p> |
| * Implementors should throw an exception when a complex type doesn't support reading without the type |
| * information. |
| * </p> |
| */ |
| T readValue(final Buffer buffer, final GraphBinaryReader context, final boolean nullable) throws IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Writes the type code, information and value to a buffer using the provided allocator. |
| */ |
| void write(final T value, final Buffer buffer, final GraphBinaryWriter context) throws IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Writes the value to a buffer, composed by the value flag and the sequence of bytes. |
| */ |
| void writeValue(final T value, final Buffer buffer, final GraphBinaryWriter context, final boolean nullable) throws IOException; |
| } |