text: /**
   * MIT License
   * 
   * Copyright (c) 2017 ITGorillaz
   * 
   * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
   * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
   * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
   * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
   * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
   * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
   * 
   * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
   * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
   * 
   * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
   * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
   * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
   * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
   * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
   * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
   * SOFTWARE.
   */
  
  'use strict';
  
  const Objects = require('../utils/objects');
  
  /**
   * The ResponseBodySerializerStrategy.
   * It defines a contract to be implemented by a response body serializer.
   *
   * @author tommelo
   */
  class ResponseBodySerializerStrategy {
  
      /**
       * The class constructor
       */
      constructor() {
          Objects.constraint(this, ResponseBodySerializerStrategy);
      }
  
      /**
       * Serializes an object
       * 
       * @param  {Object}        entity     The object to be serialized
       * @return {String}        serialized The string representation of the object     
       * @throws {HttpException} error      Throws an HttpException if the serialization fails
       */
      serialize(entity) {
          throw new Error('serialize() method should be implemented');
      }
  
  }
  
  module.exports = ResponseBodySerializerStrategy;