Serializer (Commons 1.1.0-SNAPSHOT API)

Type Parameters:

T - the type of (de)serialized objects

U - the type of the basic representation of the objects

All Superinterfaces:

Converter<T,U>, Function<T,U>

All Known Subinterfaces:

BinarySerializer<T>, StringSerializer<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBinarySerializer, AbstractStringSerializer
```
@ParametersAreNonnullByDefault
public interface Serializer<T,U>
extends Converter<T,U>
```
An object that is responsible for encoding and decoding the basic representation of Objects.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default U`	`convert(T t)`	Returns a representation of `t` as an instance of type `R`.
`T`	`deserialize(U data)`	Reads and assembles an object of type `T` from the given `data`.
`default T`	`revert(U data)`	Returns a representation of `r` as an instance of type `T`.
`U`	`serialize(T t)`	Write an object of type `T` into its basic representation.

Methods inherited from interface org.atlanmod.commons.function.Converter
apply, reverse

Methods inherited from interface java.util.function.Function
andThen, compose

- Method Detail
  - convert
```
@Nonnull
default U convert(T t)
```
    Returns a representation of t as an instance of type R.
    
    Specified by:
    
    convert in interface Converter<T,U>
    
    Parameters:
    
    t - the instance to convert
    
    Returns:
    
    the converted instance
    
    See Also:
    
    serialize(Object)
  - revert
```
@Nonnull
default T revert(U data)
```
    Returns a representation of r as an instance of type T.
    
    Specified by:
    
    revert in interface Converter<T,U>
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the instance to convert
    
    Returns:
    
    the converted instance
    
    See Also:
    
    deserialize(Object)
  - serialize
```
@Nonnull
U serialize(T t)
     throws IOException
```
    Write an object of type T into its basic representation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    t - the object to serialize
    
    Returns:
    
    the serialized object
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if an I/O error occurs during the serialization
  - deserialize
```
@Nonnull
T deserialize(U data)
       throws IOException
```
    Reads and assembles an object of type T from the given data.
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - the basic representation of the object
    
    Returns:
    
    the deserialized object
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if an I/O error occurs during the deserialization