com.alibaba.nacos.naming.cluster.transport.Serializer Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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package com.alibaba.nacos.naming.cluster.transport;
/**
* Serializer specially for large map of data.
*
* @author nkorange
* @since 1.0.0
*/
public interface Serializer {
/**
* Serialize data with some kind of serializing protocol.
*
* @param data data to serialize
* @param type of data
* @return byte array of serialized data
*/
byte[] serialize(T data);
/**
* Deserialize byte array data to target type.
*
* @param data data to deserialize
* @param clazz target type
* @param target type
* @return deserialized data map
*/
T deserialize(byte[] data, Class clazz);
}