    001/*
    002 * Copyright (c) 2007-2017 Xplenty, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    003 *
    004 * Project and contact information: http://www.cascading.org/
    005 *
    006 * This file is part of the Cascading project.
    007 *
    008 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    009 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    010 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
    011 *
    012 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    013 *
    014 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    015 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    016 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    017 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    018 * limitations under the License.
    019 */
    020
    021package cascading.flow.hadoop.util;
    022
    023import java.io.IOException;
    024
    025/**
    026 * Class ObjectSerializer is an experimental interface for allowing custom java.lang.Object subclass serialization
    027 * other than via the java.io.Serializable interface.
    028 * <p/>
    029 * To use, set the {@link #OBJECT_SERIALIZER_PROPERTY} value on the flow configuration.
    030 */
    031public interface ObjectSerializer
    032  {
    033  String OBJECT_SERIALIZER_PROPERTY = "cascading.util.serializer";
    034
    035  <T> byte[] serialize( T object, boolean compress ) throws IOException;
    036
    037  <T> T deserialize( byte[] bytes, Class<T> type, boolean decompress ) throws IOException;
    038
    039  <T> boolean accepts( Class<T> type );
    040  }