    001    /*
    002     * Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Concurrent, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    003     *
    004     * Project and contact information: http://www.cascading.org/
    005     *
    006     * This file is part of the Cascading project.
    007     *
    008     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    009     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    010     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
    011     *
    012     *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    013     *
    014     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    015     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    016     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    017     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    018     * limitations under the License.
    019     */
    020
    021    package cascading.flow.hadoop.util;
    022
    023    import java.io.IOException;
    024
    025    /**
    026     * Class ObjectSerializer is an experimental interface for allowing custom java.lang.Object subclass serialization
    027     * other than via the java.io.Serializable interface.
    028     * <p/>
    029     * To use, set the {@link #OBJECT_SERIALIZER_PROPERTY} value on the flow configuration.
    030     */
    031    public interface ObjectSerializer
    032      {
    033      String OBJECT_SERIALIZER_PROPERTY = "cascading.util.serializer";
    034
    035      <T> byte[] serialize( T object, boolean compress ) throws IOException;
    036
    037      <T> T deserialize( byte[] bytes, Class<T> type, boolean decompress ) throws IOException;
    038
    039      <T> boolean accepts( Class<T> type );
    040      }