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package com.sdklite.io;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * This class is used for object serialization
 * 
 * @author johnsonlee
 *
 * @param 
 *            The type of object to be serialized
 */
public interface Serializer {

    /**
     * Serialize the specified object as byte stream
     * 
     * @param value
     *            The object to serialize
     * @return the serialized byte stream
     * @throws IOException
     *             If error occurred during serialization
     */
    public InputStream serialize(final T value) throws IOException;

}