001/*
002 * Copyright (c) 2016-2017 Chris K Wensel <chris@wensel.net>. All Rights Reserved.
003 * Copyright (c) 2007-2017 Xplenty, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
004 *
005 * Project and contact information: http://www.cascading.org/
006 *
007 * This file is part of the Cascading project.
008 *
009 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
010 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
011 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
012 *
013 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
014 *
015 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
016 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
017 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
018 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
019 * limitations under the License.
020 */
021
022package cascading.flow.hadoop.util;
023
024import java.io.IOException;
025
026/**
027 * Class ObjectSerializer is an experimental interface for allowing custom java.lang.Object subclass serialization
028 * other than via the java.io.Serializable interface.
029 * <p>
030 * To use, set the {@link #OBJECT_SERIALIZER_PROPERTY} value on the flow configuration.
031 */
032public interface ObjectSerializer
033  {
034  String OBJECT_SERIALIZER_PROPERTY = "cascading.util.serializer";
035
036  <T> byte[] serialize( T object, boolean compress ) throws IOException;
037
038  <T> T deserialize( byte[] bytes, Class<T> type, boolean decompress ) throws IOException;
039
040  <T> boolean accepts( Class<T> type );
041  }