com.netflix.zeno.serializer.SerializerFactory Maven / Gradle / Ivy

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package com.netflix.zeno.serializer;

/**
 * The interface that the using code should implement in order make serializers
 * available for frameworks to use.
 *
 * Each call to createSerializers() should return a unique array containing
 * unique instances of the top level serializers which define an Object model.
 * 
 * Check out the Zeno documentation section 
 * defining an object model for details about how
 * to define your data model, and then reference it with a SerializerFactory.
 *
 */
public interface SerializerFactory {
    /**
     * Creates the serializers
     *
     * @return
     */
    NFTypeSerializer[] createSerializers();
}