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package com.hazelcast.nio.serialization;
/**
* DataSerializableFactory is used to create IdentifiedDataSerializable instances during de-serialization.
*
* @see com.hazelcast.nio.serialization.IdentifiedDataSerializable
*/
public interface DataSerializableFactory {
/**
* Creates an IdentifiedDataSerializable instance using given type ID
*
* @param typeId IdentifiedDataSerializable type ID
* @return IdentifiedDataSerializable instance or {@code null} if type ID is not known by this factory
*/
IdentifiedDataSerializable create(int typeId);
}