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A text library for Minecraft.

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/*
 * This file is part of text, licensed under the MIT License.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2017 KyoriPowered
 *
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package net.kyori.text.serializer;

import net.kyori.text.Component;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

/**
 * A {@link Component} serializer and deserializer.
 *
 * @param  the input component type
 * @param  the output component type
 * @param  the serialized type
 */
public interface ComponentSerializer {

  /**
   * Deserialize a component from input of type {@code R}.
   *
   * @param input the input
   * @return the component
   */
  @Nonnull
  O deserialize(@Nonnull final R input);

  /**
   * Serializes a component into an output of type {@code R}.
   *
   * @param component the component
   * @return the output
   */
  @Nonnull
  R serialize(@Nonnull final I component);
}