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package org.apache.geode.internal;

/**
 * This interface is extended by DataSerializableFixedID and VersionedDataSerializable in order to
 * furnish version information to the serialization infrastructure for backward compatibility
 * 
 */

public interface SerializationVersions {
  /**
   * Returns the versions where this classes serialized form was modified. Versions returned by this
   * method are expected to be in increasing ordinal order from 0 .. N. For instance,<br>
   * Version.GFE_7_0, Version.GFE_7_0_1, Version.GFE_8_0, Version.GFXD_1_1<br>
   * <p>
   * You are expected to implement toDataPre_GFE_7_0_0_0(), fromDataPre_GFE_7_0_0_0(), ...,
   * toDataPre_GFXD_1_1_0_0, fromDataPre_GFXD_1_1_0_0.
   * <p>
   * The method name is formed with the version's product name and its major, minor, release and
   * patch numbers.
   */
  public Version[] getSerializationVersions();

}
