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package org.wicketstuff.rest.contenthandling;

/**
 * General interface to implement object serializers/deserializers.
 * 
 * @author andrea del bene
 * 
 */
public interface IObjectSerialDeserial
{

	/**
	 * Returns a given representation of the target object.
	 * 
	 * @param targetObject
	 *            the object to convert to the given format.
	 * @param mimeType
	 *            the target MIME type.
	 * @return the representation of the object.
	 */
	public T serializeObject(Object target, String mimeType);

	/**
	 * Extract an object instance from a given source object.
	 * 
	 * @param 
	 *            the source object type.
	 * @param source
	 *            the source object.
	 * @param targetClass
	 *            the type of the returned object.
	 * @param mimeType
	 *            the target MIME type.
	 * @return the extracted object.
	 */
	public  E deserializeObject(T source, Class targetClass, String mimeType);
}