Changeset 1564 for trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Persistence/3.3/Interfaces

Timestamp:

04/16/09 12:40:41 (16 years ago)

Author:

epitzer

Message:

Stronger typing for formatters with the help of generics. Separate format and serial data type. (#548)

Location:

trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Persistence/3.3/Interfaces

Files:

• IFormat.cs (modified) (1 diff)
• IFormatter.cs (modified) (1 diff)
• ISerialData.cs (added)

trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Persistence/3.3/Interfaces/IFormat.cs

@@ -3 +3 @@
 namespace HeuristicLab.Persistence.Interfaces {
 
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Interface of a new serialization output format. Instead of implementing this
+  /// interface, derive from FormatBase.
+  /// </summary>
   public interface IFormat {
     string Name { get; }
+    Type SerialDataType { get; }
+  }
+
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Marker interface for new serialization output format.  Instead of implementing this
+  /// interface, derive from FormatBase.
+  /// </summary>  
+  public interface IFormat<SerialDataFormat> : IFormat where SerialDataFormat : ISerialData {
   }
 

trunk/sources/HeuristicLab.Persistence/3.3/Interfaces/IFormatter.cs

@@ -3 +3 @@
 namespace HeuristicLab.Persistence.Interfaces {
 
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Marker interface of serial data formatters. Transform data of type SourceType
+  /// into the serialization format SerialDataType. Derive from FormatterBase instead
+  /// of implementing this interface.
+  /// </summary>
   public interface IFormatter {
-    Type Type { get; }
-    IFormat Format { get; }
-    object DoFormat(object o);
-    object Parse(object o);
+    Type SerialDataType { get; }
+    Type SourceType { get; }
+    ISerialData Format(object o);
+    object Parse(ISerialData o);  
   }
 
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Marker interface of serial data formatters. Transform data of type Source
+  /// into the serialization format SerialData. Derive from FormatterBase instead
+  /// of implementing this interface.
+  /// </summary>  
+  public interface IFormatter<Source, SerialData> : IFormatter where SerialData : ISerialData {
+    SerialData Format(Source o);
+    Source Parse(SerialData t);
+  }  
+     
 }