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package org.apache.flink.statefun.sdk.kafka;

import java.io.Serializable;
import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord;

/**
 * A {@link KafkaEgressSerializer} defines how to serialize values of type {@code T} into {@link
 * ProducerRecord ProducerRecords}.
 *
 * @param  the type of values being serialized
 */
public interface KafkaEgressSerializer extends Serializable {

  /**
   * Serializes given element and returns it as a {@link ProducerRecord}.
   *
   * @param t element to be serialized
   * @return Kafka {@link ProducerRecord}
   */
  ProducerRecord serialize(OutT t);
}