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9  * Contributors:
10  *     VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland - initial API and implementation
11  *******************************************************************************/
12 package org.simantics.message;
13
14 import java.net.URI;
15
16 /**
17  * @author Tuukka Lehtonen
18  */
19 public interface IReferenceSerializer {
20
21     /**
22      * @param o
23      * @return
24      */
25     boolean handles(Object o);
26
27     /**
28      * @param o
29      * @return
30      * @throws ReferenceSerializationException
31      */
32     URI serialize(Object o) throws ReferenceSerializationException;
33
34     /**
35      * @param s
36      * @return
37      * @throws ReferenceSerializationException
38      */
39     Object deserialize(URI data) throws ReferenceSerializationException;
40
41 }