[3742] | 1 | #region License Information
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| 2 | /* HeuristicLab
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| 3 | * Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
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| 4 | *
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| 5 | * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
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| 6 | *
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| 7 | * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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| 8 | * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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| 9 | * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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| 10 | * (at your option) any later version.
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| 11 | *
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| 12 | * HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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| 13 | * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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| 14 | * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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| 15 | * GNU General Public License for more details.
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| 16 | *
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| 17 | * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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| 18 | * along with HeuristicLab. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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| 19 | */
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| 20 | #endregion
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[1454] | 21 |
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[3742] | 22 | using System;
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| 23 |
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[1454] | 24 | namespace HeuristicLab.Persistence.Interfaces {
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| 25 |
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[1564] | 26 | /// <summary>
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[1823] | 27 | /// Marker interface primitive serializers. Transform data of type SourceType
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| 28 | /// into the serialization format SerialDataType. Derive from PrimitiveSerializerBase instead
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[1564] | 29 | /// of implementing this interface.
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| 30 | /// </summary>
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[1823] | 31 | public interface IPrimitiveSerializer {
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[3016] | 32 |
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| 33 | /// <summary>
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| 34 | /// Gets the type of the serial data.
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| 35 | /// </summary>
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| 36 | /// <value>The type of the serial data.</value>
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[1564] | 37 | Type SerialDataType { get; }
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[3016] | 38 |
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| 39 | /// <summary>
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| 40 | /// Gets the source type.
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| 41 | /// </summary>
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| 42 | /// <value>The type of the source.</value>
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[1564] | 43 | Type SourceType { get; }
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[3016] | 44 |
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| 45 | /// <summary>
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| 46 | /// Creates a serialized representation of the provided object.
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| 47 | /// </summary>
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| 48 | /// <param name="o">The object.</param>
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| 49 | /// <returns>A serialized version of the object.</returns>
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[1564] | 50 | ISerialData Format(object o);
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[3016] | 51 |
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| 52 |
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| 53 | /// <summary>
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| 54 | /// Creates a fresh object instance using the serializes data..
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| 55 | /// </summary>
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| 56 | /// <param name="data">The data.</param>
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| 57 | /// <returns>A fresh object instance.</returns>
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| 58 | object Parse(ISerialData data);
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[1454] | 59 | }
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| 60 |
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[1564] | 61 | /// <summary>
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[1823] | 62 | /// Marker interface primitive serializers. Transform data of type SourceType
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| 63 | /// into the serialization format SerialDataType. Derive from PrimitiveSerializerBase instead
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[1564] | 64 | /// of implementing this interface.
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[1823] | 65 | /// </summary>
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[3016] | 66 | /// <typeparam name="Source">The source type.</typeparam>
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| 67 | /// <typeparam name="SerialData">The serialized data type.</typeparam>
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[1823] | 68 | public interface IPrimitiveSerializer<Source, SerialData> : IPrimitiveSerializer where SerialData : ISerialData {
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[3016] | 69 |
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| 70 | /// <summary>
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| 71 | /// Creates a serialized version of the provided object.
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| 72 | /// </summary>
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| 73 | /// <param name="o">The object.</param>
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| 74 | /// <returns>A serialized version of the object.</returns>
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[1564] | 75 | SerialData Format(Source o);
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[3016] | 76 |
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| 77 |
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| 78 | /// <summary>
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| 79 | /// Creates a fresh object instance from the serialized data
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| 80 | /// </summary>
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| 81 | /// <param name="data">The data.</param>
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| 82 | /// <returns>A fresh object instance.</returns>
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| 83 | Source Parse(SerialData data);
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[1566] | 84 | }
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| 85 |
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[1454] | 86 | } |
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