org.jboss.marshalling.ClassExternalizerFactory Maven / Gradle / Ivy

Go to download
/*
 * JBoss, Home of Professional Open Source.
 * Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc., and individual contributors
 * as indicated by the @author tags.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package org.jboss.marshalling;

/**
 * A factory for locating custom externalizers.
 */
public interface ClassExternalizerFactory {
    /**
     * Look up a custom externalizer for a given object class.  If no such externalizer exists, returns {@code null}.
     *
     * @param type the type to be externalized
     * @return the externalizer, or {@code null} if there is none
     */
    Externalizer getExternalizer(Class type);
}