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package org.apache.geode.internal.serialization;

import org.apache.geode.annotations.Experimental;
import org.apache.geode.internal.serialization.exception.UnsupportedEncodingTypeException;
import org.apache.geode.internal.serialization.registry.exception.CodecNotRegisteredForTypeException;

/**
 * This interface takes an protocol specific encodingTypeValue enum and converts between objects and
 * bytes using the encodingTypeValue to decide what encoding type to use.
 *
 * @param <T> the enumeration of types known to a particular protocol
 */
@Experimental
public interface SerializationService<T> {
  Object decode(T encodingTypeValue, byte[] value)
      throws UnsupportedEncodingTypeException, CodecNotRegisteredForTypeException;

  byte[] encode(T encodingTypeValue, Object value)
      throws UnsupportedEncodingTypeException, CodecNotRegisteredForTypeException;
}
