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   * Copyright 1999-2018 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
   *
   * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   * You may obtain a copy of the License at
   *
   *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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  package com.alibaba.nacos.naming.cluster.transport;
  
  import com.alibaba.fastjson.TypeReference;
  import com.alibaba.nacos.naming.consistency.Datum;
  import com.alibaba.nacos.naming.pojo.Record;
  
  import java.util.Map;
  
  /**
   * Serializer specially for large map of data
   *
   * @author nkorange
   * @since 1.0.0
   */
  public interface Serializer {
  
      /**
       * Serialize  data with some kind of serializing protocol
       *
       * @param data data to serialize
       * @param <T>  type of data
       * @return byte array of serialized data
       */
      <T> byte[] serialize(T data);
  
      /**
       * Deserialize byte array data to target type
       *
       * @param data  data to deserialize
       * @param clazz target type
       * @param <T>   target type
       * @return deserialized data map
       */
      <T> T deserialize(byte[] data, Class<T> clazz);
  
      /**
       * Deserialize byte array data to target generic type
       *
       * @param data  data to deserialize
       * @param clazz target type
       * @param <T>   target type
       * @return deserialized data
       */
      <T> T deserialize(byte[] data, TypeReference<T> clazz);
  
      /**
       * Deserialize byte array data to target type
       *
       * @param <T>   target type
       * @param data  data to deserialize
       * @param clazz target type
       * @return deserialized data map
       */
      <T extends Record> Map<String, Datum<T>> deserializeMap(byte[] data, Class<T> clazz);
  }
  