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package com.google.crypto.tink.internal;

import com.google.crypto.tink.Parameters;
import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;

/**
 * Serializes {@code Parameters} objects into {@code Serialization} objects of a certain kind.
 *
 * This class should eventually be in Tinks public API -- however, it might still change before
 * that.
 */
public abstract class ParametersSerializer<
    ParametersT extends Parameters, SerializationT extends Serialization> {
  /**
   * A function which serializes a Parameters object.
   *
   * 
This interface exists only so we have a type we can reference in {@link #create}. Users
   * should not use this directly; see the explanation in {@link #create}.
   */
  public interface ParametersSerializationFunction<
      ParametersT extends Parameters, SerializationT extends Serialization> {
    SerializationT serializeParameters(ParametersT key) throws GeneralSecurityException;
  }

  private final Class parametersClass;
  private final Class serializationClass;

  private ParametersSerializer(
      Class parametersClass, Class serializationClass) {
    this.parametersClass = parametersClass;
    this.serializationClass = serializationClass;
  }

  public abstract SerializationT serializeParameters(ParametersT parameters)
      throws GeneralSecurityException;

  public Class getParametersClass() {
    return parametersClass;
  }

  public Class getSerializationClass() {
    return serializationClass;
  }

  /**
   * Creates a ParametersSerializer object.
   *
   * 
In order to create a ParametersSerializer object, one typically writes a function
   *
   * 
{@code
   * class MyClass {
   *   private static MySerialization serializeParameters(MyParameters Parameters)
   *             throws GeneralSecurityException {
   *     ...
   *   }
   * }
   * }
   *
   * This function can then be used to create a {@code ParametersSerializer}:
   *
   * {@code
   * ParametersSerializer serializer =
   *       ParametersSerializer.create(MyClass::serializeParameters, MyParameters.class,
   *                                  MySerialization.class);
   * }
   */
  public static 
      ParametersSerializer create(
          ParametersSerializationFunction function,
          Class parametersClass,
          Class serializationClass) {
    return new ParametersSerializer(
        parametersClass, serializationClass) {
      @Override
      public SerializationT serializeParameters(ParametersT parameters)
          throws GeneralSecurityException {
        return function.serializeParameters(parameters);
      }
    };
  }
}