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/*
 * Modified by ScyllaDB
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2015 ScyllaDB
 */

/*
 * This file is part of Scylla.
 *
 * Scylla is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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 */

#pragma once

#include <cstdint>

namespace io {
class TypeSizes;

template<typename T>
class i_serializer {
public:
    /**
     * Serialize the specified type into the specified DataOutput instance.
     *
     *
     * @param t type that needs to be serialized
     * @param out DataOutput into which serialization needs to happen.
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     */
    virtual void serialize(T& t, DataOutputPlus out) = 0;

    /**
     * Deserialize from the specified DataInput instance.
     * @param in DataInput from which deserialization needs to happen.
     * @throws IOException
     * @return the type that was deserialized
     */
    virtual T& deserialize(DataInput in) = 0;

    virtual uint64_t serializedSize(T& t, TypeSizes type) = 0;
};

}
