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 * Copyright 2020 LINE Corporation
 *
 * LINE Corporation licenses this file to you 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:
 *
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package com.linecorp.decaton.common;

/**
 * An interface for classes serializing given instance of type {@link T} into bytes.
 * @param  type of instantiated data.
 */
public interface Serializer {
    /**
     * Serialize given data into bytes.
     * @param data data to be serialized.
     * @return serialized bytes.
     */
    byte[] serialize(T data);
}