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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 *
 * Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at
 * http://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl.
 */

package com.tangosol.io;


/**
* A factory for {@link Serializer} objects.
*
* @author lh/jh  2010.11.30
*
* @since Coherence 3.7
*/
public interface SerializerFactory
    {
    /**
    * Create a new Serializer.
    * 
    * If the new Serializer is an instance of {@link ClassLoaderAware} and
    * the specified ClassLoader is non-null, the new Serializer will be
    * configured with the ClassLoader before it is returned to the caller.
    *
    * @param loader  the optional ClassLoader with which to configure the
    *                new Serializer.
    *
    * @return the new Serializer
    */
    public Serializer createSerializer(ClassLoader loader);
    }