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package com.gemstone.gemfire.internal;

import com.gemstone.gemfire.internal.shared.Version;

/**
 * This interface is extended by DataSerializableFixedID and
 * VersionedDataSerializable in order to furnish version information
 * to the serialization infrastructure for backward compatibility
 * 
 * @author bruces
 */

public interface SerializationVersions {
  /**
   * Returns the versions where this classes serialized form was modified.
   * Versions returned by this method are expected to be in increasing
   * ordinal order from 0 .. N.  For instance,

   * Version.GFE_7_0, Version.GFE_7_0_1, Version.GFE_7_5, Version.GFXD_1_1

   * 
   * You are expected to implement toDataPre_GFE_7_0_0_0(), fromDataPre_GFE_7_0_0_0(), ...,
   * toDataPre_GFXD_1_1_0_0, fromDataPre_GFXD_1_1_0_0.
   * 
   * The method name is formed with the version's product name and its major,
   * minor, release and patch numbers.
   */
  public Version[] getSerializationVersions();

}