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diff artifacts/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/artifacts/ArtifactSerializer.java @ 471:1a87cb24a446
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author | Sascha L. Teichmann <teichmann@intevation.de> |
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date | Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:50:31 +0200 |
parents | artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/artifacts/ArtifactSerializer.java@933bbc9fc11f |
children | 415df0fc4fa1 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/artifacts/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/artifacts/ArtifactSerializer.java Thu Apr 25 10:50:31 2013 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +/* + * Copyright (c) 2010 by Intevation GmbH + * + * This program is free software under the LGPL (>=v2.1) + * Read the file LGPL.txt coming with the software for details + * or visit http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ if it does not exist. + */ + +package de.intevation.artifacts; + +/** + * Interface to make artifact persistent. + * + * @author <a href="mailto:sascha.teichmann@intevation.de">Sascha L. Teichmann</a> + */ +public interface ArtifactSerializer +{ + /** + * Restores an artifact from an array of bytes. + * @param bytes the persistent representation of the artifact. + * @return The de-serialized artifact or null if there was an error. + */ + Artifact fromBytes(byte [] bytes); + /** + * Brings an artifact to a persistent form in form of a byte array. + * @param artifact The artifact to be serialized. + * @return the byte array representation of the artifact or null + * if there was an error. + */ + byte [] toBytes(Artifact artifact); +} +// vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf8 :