java/com/google/gerrit/server/cache/CacheSerializer.java

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package com.google.gerrit.server.cache;

import java.io.IOException;

/** Interface for serializing/deserializing a type to/from a persistent cache. */
public interface CacheSerializer<T> {
  /** Serializes the object to a new byte array. */
  byte[] serialize(T object) throws IOException;

  /** Deserializes a single object from the given byte array. */
  T deserialize(byte[] in) throws IOException;
}