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package org.fusesource.fabric.dosgi.api;

import org.fusesource.hawtbuf.DataByteArrayInputStream;
import org.fusesource.hawtbuf.DataByteArrayOutputStream;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * <p>
 * </p>
 *
 * @author <a href="http://hiramchirino.com">Hiram Chirino</a>
 */
public interface SerializationStrategy {

    String name();

    void encodeRequest(ClassLoader loader, Class<?>[] types, Object[] args, DataByteArrayOutputStream target) throws Exception;

    void decodeResponse(ClassLoader loader, Class<?> type, DataByteArrayInputStream source, AsyncCallback result) throws Exception;

    void decodeRequest(ClassLoader loader, Class<?>[] types, DataByteArrayInputStream source, Object[] target) throws Exception;

    void encodeResponse(ClassLoader loader, Class<?> type, Object value, Throwable error, DataByteArrayOutputStream target) throws Exception;

}