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/**
 * COOS - Connected Objects Operating System (www.connectedobjects.org).
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2009 Telenor ASA and Tellu AS. All rights reserved.
 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 *
 * This library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
 * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see .
 *
 * You may also contact one of the following for additional information:
 * Telenor ASA, Snaroyveien 30, N-1331 Fornebu, Norway (www.telenor.no)
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 */
package org.coos.util.serialize;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * User: Arild Herstad, Telenor FoU
 * 
 * 
 */
public interface AFSerializer {
	/**
	 * This function must implement the serialization of the object.
	 * 
	 * @return a byte array with the objects data
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	byte[] serialize() throws IOException;

	/**
	 * Use this function for resurrection of the object
	 * 
	 * @param data
	 *            The serialized data containing the object data
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	ByteArrayInputStream deSerialize(byte[] data, AFClassLoader cl) throws IOException;
}