bundles/org.simantics.databoard/src/org/simantics/databoard/serialization/SerializerScheme.java

   1 package org.simantics.databoard.serialization;
   2
   3 import org.simantics.databoard.binding.Binding;
   4
   5 /**
   6  * Serialization scheme creates serializers for binding requests.
   7  *
   8  * {@link DefaultSerializerFactory} is a serialization scheme that follows
   9  * Databoard serialization format specification. It can create serialization
  10  * for any binding.
  11  *
  12  * @author Toni Kalajainen
  13  */
  14 public interface SerializerScheme {
  15
  16         /**
  17          * Get binding of a data type
  18          *
  19          * @param binding
  20          * @return binding
  21          * @throws SerializerConstructionException if data type is not supported
  22          */
  23         Serializer getSerializer(Binding binding) throws SerializerConstructionException;
  24
  25         /**
  26          * Get binding of a data type
  27          *
  28          * @param binding
  29          * @return binding
  30          * @throws RuntimeSerializerConstructionException if data type is not supported
  31          */
  32         Serializer getSerializerUnchecked(Binding binding) throws RuntimeSerializerConstructionException;
  33
  34         /**
  35          * Tests if the scheme supports a binding
  36          *
  37          * @param binding
  38          * @return true if the binding is supported by the scheme
  39          */
  40         boolean supportsBinding(Binding binding);
  41
  42 }