Serializer (XWiki Platform - Store - Serialization 14.8-rc-1 API)

Type Parameters:

R - The class of object which the serializer can serialize (what it requires).

P - The class of object which will be provided by this serializer when it parses data.

All Known Subinterfaces:

XMLSerializer<R,P>
```
@ComponentRole
public interface Serializer<R,P extends R>
```
A generic thing for converting objects of a known type into InputStreams and back again.

Since:

3.0M2

Version:

$Id: 9cbb2336cb0e115ebc2b6f673347eaa6c66fde8e $

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`P`	`parse(InputStream stream)`	Parse an InputStream and create a new object.
`InputStream`	`serialize(R object)`	Serialize the given object and return an InputStream.

- Method Detail
  - parse
```
P parse(InputStream stream)
 throws IOException
```
    Parse an InputStream and create a new object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    stream - an InputStream to parse.
    
    Returns:
    
    a new object made by parsing the stream.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if the InputStream does not contain the type of object handled by this serializer, the object was serialized with a different Serializer, or something goes wrong along the way.
  - serialize
```
InputStream serialize(R object)
               throws IOException
```
    Serialize the given object and return an InputStream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - the thing to serialize.
    
    Returns:
    
    an InputStream which can be used to create a new object using parse().
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if something goes wrong while serializing.