EntityReferenceSerializer (XWiki Platform - Model - API 15.2-rc-1 API)

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the new representation
```
@Role
public interface EntityReferenceSerializer<T>
```
Generate a different representation of an Entity Reference (eg as a String).

Since:

2.2M1

Version:

$Id: e885316643243e8aef697eb3ade060f66f7ed679 $

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static ParameterizedType`	`TYPE_REFERENCE`	Type instance for `EntityReferenceSerializer<EntityReference>`.
`static ParameterizedType`	`TYPE_STRING`	Type instance for `EntityReferenceSerializer<String>`.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`serialize(EntityReference reference, Object... parameters)`	Serialize an entity reference into a new representation of type `T`.

- Field Detail
  - TYPE_STRING
```
static final ParameterizedType TYPE_STRING
```
    Type instance for EntityReferenceSerializer<String>.
    
    Since:
    
    4.0M1
  - TYPE_REFERENCE
```
static final ParameterizedType TYPE_REFERENCE
```
    Type instance for EntityReferenceSerializer<EntityReference>.
    
    Since:
    
    4.0M1
- Method Detail
  - serialize
```
T serialize(EntityReference reference,
            Object... parameters)
```
    Serialize an entity reference into a new representation of type T.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reference - the reference to serialize
    
    parameters - optional parameters. Their meaning depends on the serializer implementation
    
    Returns:
    
    the new representation (eg as a String)