source: branches/PersistenceOverhaul/HeuristicLab.Persistence/4.0/ISerializer.cs @ 17204

#region License Information
/* HeuristicLab
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2015 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
 *
 * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
 *
 * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 *
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 */
#endregion

using System.IO;

namespace HeuristicLab.Persistence {
  public interface ISerializer {
    void Serialize(object o, Stream stream);
    void Serialize(object o, string path);
    byte[] Serialize(object o);
    object Deserialize(Stream stream);
    object Deserialize(string path);
    object Deserialize(byte[] data);
  }
}