VersionEntry.java

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package com.cedarsoft.serialization.test.utils;

import com.cedarsoft.version.Version;
import com.cedarsoft.serialization.Serializer;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

/**
 * An entry used for AbstractVersionTest2. It provides a version information and a serialized object.
 */
public interface VersionEntry {
  /**
   * Returns the version
   *
   * @return the version
   */
  @Nonnull
  Version getVersion();

  /**
   * Returns the serialized object
   *
   * @param serializer the serializer that is used to deserialize the byte stream
   * @return the serialized object
   *
   * @throws Exception
   */
  @Nonnull
  byte[] getSerialized( @Nonnull Serializer<?, ?, ?> serializer ) throws Exception;
}