Google Api

Yavsc/GoogleApiSupport/Google.Apis.Core/ISerializer.cs

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+/*
+Copyright 2011 Google Inc
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace Google.Apis
+{
+    /// <summary>Serialization interface that supports serialize and deserialize methods.</summary>
+    public interface ISerializer
+    {
+        /// <summary>Gets the application format this serializer supports (e.g. "json", "xml", etc.).</summary>
+        string Format { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>Serializes the specified object into a Stream.</summary>
+        void Serialize(object obj, Stream target);
+
+        /// <summary>Serializes the specified object into a string.</summary>
+        string Serialize(object obj);
+
+        /// <summary>Deserializes the string into an object.</summary>
+        T Deserialize<T>(string input);
+
+        /// <summary>Deserializes the string into an object.</summary>
+        object Deserialize(string input, Type type);
+
+        /// <summary>Deserializes the stream into an object.</summary>
+        T Deserialize<T>(Stream input);
+    }
+}