Serializer (WildFly: Clustering marshalling SPI 30.0.0.Beta1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

UUIDSerializer
```
public interface Serializer<T>
```
Writes/reads an object to/from a binary stream.

Author:

Paul Ferraro

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`read(DataInput input)`	Reads an object from the specified input stream.
`default OptionalInt`	`size(T object)`	Returns the size of the buffer to use for marshalling the specified object, if known.
`void`	`write(DataOutput output, T value)`	Writes the specified object to the specified output stream

- Method Detail
  - write
```
void write(DataOutput output,
           T value)
    throws IOException
```
    Writes the specified object to the specified output stream
    
    Parameters:
    
    output - the data output stream
    
    value - an object to serialize
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if an I/O error occurs
  - read
```
T read(DataInput input)
throws IOException
```
    Reads an object from the specified input stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - a data input stream
    
    Returns:
    
    the deserialized object
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if an I/O error occurs
  - size
```
default OptionalInt size(T object)
```
    Returns the size of the buffer to use for marshalling the specified object, if known.
    
    Returns:
    
    the buffer size (in bytes), or empty if unknown.