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package org.jboss.marshalling;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * A checker to determine whether an object class should be treated as serializable.
 *
 * @author David M. Lloyd
 */
public interface SerializabilityChecker {

    /**
     * Determine whether an object class is serializable.
     *
     * @param clazz the object class to test
     * @return {@code true} if the object class is serializable, {@code false} otherwise
     */
    boolean isSerializable(final Class clazz);

    /**
     * The default serializability checker.  Returns {@code true} for any class which implements {@link Serializable}.
     */
    SerializabilityChecker DEFAULT = new SerializabilityChecker() {
        public boolean isSerializable(final Class clazz) {
            return Serializable.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz);
        }
    };
}