com.spotify.apollo.entity.Codec Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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package com.spotify.apollo.entity;
import com.spotify.apollo.Exploratory;
import com.spotify.apollo.RequestContext;
import java.io.IOException;
import okio.ByteString;
/**
* Interface for serializing and de-serializing entities to and from a {@link ByteString}.
*
* A {@link Codec} can be used by a {@link EntityMiddleware} to do the actual entity
* serialization.
*/
@Exploratory
public interface Codec {
EncodedResponse write(E entity, Class cls, RequestContext ctx) throws IOException;
E read(ByteString data, Class cls, RequestContext ctx) throws IOException;
}