ResourceReferenceSerializer (XWiki Platform - Resource - API 15.2-rc-1 API)

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the resource reference to serialize

U - the return type (e.g. a URL, a String, etc)
```
@Role
public interface ResourceReferenceSerializer<T extends ResourceReference,U>
```
Transforms a Resource Reference into some other representation (eg URL).

Since:

6.1M2

Version:

$Id: abb47926c20b75a914c2419f81131cdfc4eb9e28 $

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  U serialize(T resource)
  Transforms a Resource Reference into some other representation.

- Method Detail
  - serialize
```
U serialize(T resource)
     throws SerializeResourceReferenceException,
            UnsupportedResourceReferenceException
```
    Transforms a Resource Reference into some other representation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    resource - the Resource Reference to transform
    
    Returns:
    
    the new representation
    
    Throws:
    
    SerializeResourceReferenceException - if there was an error while serializing the XWiki Resource object
    
    UnsupportedResourceReferenceException - if the passed representation points to an unsupported Resource Reference type that we don't know how to serialize