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#2526: Updated year of copyrights in license headers

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[3742]1#region License Information
2/* HeuristicLab
[14185]3 * Copyright (C) 2002-2016 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
[3742]4 *
5 * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
6 *
7 * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
10 * (at your option) any later version.
11 *
12 * HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
15 * GNU General Public License for more details.
16 *
17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 * along with HeuristicLab. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
19 */
20#endregion
[1454]21
[3742]22using System;
23
[1454]24namespace HeuristicLab.Persistence.Interfaces {
25
[1564]26  /// <summary>
[1823]27  /// Marker interface primitive serializers. Transform data of type SourceType
28  /// into the serialization format SerialDataType. Derive from PrimitiveSerializerBase instead
[1564]29  /// of implementing this interface.
30  /// </summary>
[1823]31  public interface IPrimitiveSerializer {
[3016]32
33    /// <summary>
34    /// Gets the type of the serial data.
35    /// </summary>
36    /// <value>The type of the serial data.</value>
[1564]37    Type SerialDataType { get; }
[3016]38
39    /// <summary>
40    /// Gets the source type.
41    /// </summary>
42    /// <value>The type of the source.</value>
[1564]43    Type SourceType { get; }
[3016]44
45    /// <summary>
46    /// Creates a serialized representation of the provided object.
47    /// </summary>
48    /// <param name="o">The object.</param>
49    /// <returns>A serialized version of the object.</returns>
[1564]50    ISerialData Format(object o);
[3016]51
52
53    /// <summary>
54    /// Creates a fresh object instance using the serializes data..
55    /// </summary>
56    /// <param name="data">The data.</param>
57    /// <returns>A fresh object instance.</returns>
58    object Parse(ISerialData data);
[1454]59  }
60
[1564]61  /// <summary>
[1823]62  /// Marker interface primitive serializers. Transform data of type SourceType
63  /// into the serialization format SerialDataType. Derive from PrimitiveSerializerBase instead
[1564]64  /// of implementing this interface.
[1823]65  /// </summary>
[3016]66  /// <typeparam name="Source">The source type.</typeparam>
67  /// <typeparam name="SerialData">The serialized data type.</typeparam>
[1823]68  public interface IPrimitiveSerializer<Source, SerialData> : IPrimitiveSerializer where SerialData : ISerialData {
[3016]69
70    /// <summary>
71    /// Creates a serialized version of the provided object.
72    /// </summary>
73    /// <param name="o">The object.</param>
74    /// <returns>A serialized version of the object.</returns>
[1564]75    SerialData Format(Source o);
[3016]76
77
78    /// <summary>
79    /// Creates a fresh object instance from the serialized data
80    /// </summary>
81    /// <param name="data">The data.</param>
82    /// <returns>A fresh object instance.</returns>
83    Source Parse(SerialData data);
[1566]84  }
85
[1454]86}
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