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package org.apache.hadoop.io.serializer;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
/**
*
* Encapsulates a {@link Serializer}/{@link Deserializer} pair.
*
* @param
*/
@InterfaceAudience.LimitedPrivate({"HDFS", "MapReduce"})
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public interface Serialization {
/**
* Allows clients to test whether this {@link Serialization}
* supports the given class.
*/
boolean accept(Class c);
/**
* @return a {@link Serializer} for the given class.
*/
Serializer getSerializer(Class c);
/**
* @return a {@link Deserializer} for the given class.
*/
Deserializer getDeserializer(Class c);
}