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Google Cloud Dataflow Java SDK provides a simple, Java-based interface for processing virtually any size data using Google cloud resources. This artifact includes entire Dataflow Java SDK.

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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2014 Google Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 * the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */

package com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.coders;

import com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.values.TypeDescriptor;

/**
 * A {@link CoderProvider} may create a {@link Coder} for
 * any concrete class.
 */
public interface CoderProvider {

  /**
   * Provides a coder for a given class, if possible.
   *
   * @throws CannotProvideCoderException if no coder can be provided
   */
  public  Coder getCoder(TypeDescriptor type) throws CannotProvideCoderException;
}