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  package com.alipay.remoting.serialization;
  
  import com.alipay.remoting.exception.CodecException;
  
  /**
   * Serializer for serialize and deserialize.
   * 
   * @author jiangping
   * @version $Id: Serializer.java, v 0.1 2015-10-4 PM9:37:57 tao Exp $
   */
  public interface Serializer {
      /**
       * Encode object into bytes.
       * 
       * @param obj target object
       * @return serialized result
       */
      byte[] serialize(final Object obj) throws CodecException;
  
      /**
       * Decode bytes into Object.
       * 
       * @param data serialized data
       * @param classOfT class of original data
       */
      <T> T deserialize(final byte[] data, String classOfT) throws CodecException;
  }
  