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/*
 * Fabric3
 * Copyright (c) 2009-2015 Metaform Systems
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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package org.fabric3.spi.classloader;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Serializes and deserializes objects. This service provides the additional capability of deserializing the object (or object graph) in the context
 * of the runtime classloader network.
 */
public interface SerializationService {

    /**
     * Serialize an object.
     *
     * @param serializable the object
     * @return the serialized byte array
     * @throws IOException if there is an error during serialization
     */
    byte[] serialize(Serializable serializable) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Deserialize an object.
     *
     * @param type  the expected type
     * @param bytes the serialized byte array
     * @return an object instance
     * @throws IOException            if there is an error during serialization
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class cannot be loaded
     */
     T deserialize(Class type, byte[] bytes) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;

}