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Enables serialization/deserialization in Micronaut applications using build time information

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package io.micronaut.serde;

import io.micronaut.core.annotation.Indexed;
import io.micronaut.core.annotation.NonNull;
import io.micronaut.core.annotation.Nullable;
import io.micronaut.core.type.Argument;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Interface that represents a deserializer capable of updating an existing object.
 *
 * @param  The generic type that the deserializer can deserialize
 * @author Jonas Konrad
 * @author graemerocher
 */
@Indexed(Deserializer.class)
public interface UpdatingDeserializer extends Deserializer {

    /**
     * Deserializes from the current state of the {@link Decoder} an object of type {@link T}.
     *
     * @param decoder The decoder, never {@code null}
     * @param decoderContext The decoder context, never {@code null}
     * @param type The generic type to be deserialized
     * @param value The value
     * @throws IOException If an error occurs during deserialization of the object
     */
    @Nullable
    void deserializeInto(
            @NonNull Decoder decoder,
            @NonNull DecoderContext decoderContext,
            @NonNull Argument type,
            T value) throws IOException;
}