Package org.apache.hadoop.io.serializer

Interface Serialization<T>

Type Parameters:

T - generic type.

All Known Implementing Classes:

AvroReflectSerialization, AvroSerialization, AvroSpecificSerialization, JavaSerialization, WritableSerialization

@LimitedPrivate({"HDFS","MapReduce"})
@Evolving
public interface Serialization<T>

Encapsulates a Serializer/Deserializer pair.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	accept(java.lang.Class<?> c)	Allows clients to test whether this Serialization supports the given class.
Deserializer<T>	getDeserializer(java.lang.Class<T> c)
Serializer<T>	getSerializer(java.lang.Class<T> c)

Method Detail

accept

boolean accept(java.lang.Class<?> c)

Allows clients to test whether this Serialization supports the given class.

Parameters:

c - class.

Returns:

if accept true,not false.

getSerializer

Serializer<T> getSerializer(java.lang.Class<T> c)

Parameters:

c - class.

Returns:

a Serializer for the given class.

getDeserializer

Deserializer<T> getDeserializer(java.lang.Class<T> c)

Parameters:

c - class.

Returns:

a Deserializer for the given class.