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package org.apache.hadoop.io.serializer;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;

/**
 * 
 * Encapsulates a {@link Serializer}/{@link Deserializer} pair.
 * 
 * @param 
 */
@InterfaceAudience.LimitedPrivate({"HDFS", "MapReduce"})
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public interface Serialization {
  
  /**
   * Allows clients to test whether this {@link Serialization}
   * supports the given class.
   */
  boolean accept(Class c);
  
  /**
   * @return a {@link Serializer} for the given class.
   */
  Serializer getSerializer(Class c);

  /**
   * @return a {@link Deserializer} for the given class.
   */
  Deserializer getDeserializer(Class c);
}