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package opennlp.tools.util.model;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
/**
* Responsible to create an artifact from an {@link InputStream}.
*/
public interface ArtifactSerializer {
/**
* Creates the artifact from the provided {@link InputStream}.
*
* The {@link InputStream} remains open.
*
* @return the artifact
*
* @throws IOException
*/
T create(InputStream in) throws IOException;
/**
* Serializes the artifact to the provided {@link OutputStream}.
*
* The {@link OutputStream} remains open.
*
* @param artifact
* @param out
* @throws IOException
*/
void serialize(T artifact, OutputStream out) throws IOException;
}