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package com.cedarsoft.serialization;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
/**
* Represents a strategy to serialize an object.
*
* Those strategies might be used to serialize different objects of the same type.
*
* @param the type of object this serializer is able to (de)serialize
* @param the serializing object
* @param the deserializing object
* @param the exception that might be thrown
*/
public interface SerializingStrategy extends PluggableSerializer {
/**
* Returns the id that is used to identify the strategy/object
*
* @return the id
*/
@Nonnull
String getId();
/**
* Whether the given reference type is supported.
* This method is called to identify the strategy that is used to serialize the object.
*
* @param object the reference
* @return true if this strategy supports the reference, false otherwise
*/
boolean supports( @Nonnull Object object );
}