content: /*
   *   Copyright 2009 Joubin Houshyar
   * 
   *   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
   *    
   *   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   *   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   *   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   *   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   *   limitations under the License.
   */
  
  package org.jredis;
  
  
  /**
   * Interface to specify the semantics of the actual key/values stored in the Redis server.
   *
   * @author  Joubin (alphazero@sensesay.net)
   * @version alpha.0, Aug 23, 2009
   * @since   alpha.0
   * 
   */
  
  public interface Semantics {
  	/**
  	 * @param <T>
  	 * @param keyClass
  	 * @return the Codec used to 
  	 */
  	public <T> Codec<T> getKeyCodec(Class<T> keyClass);
  	/**
  	 * @param <T>
  	 * @param keyClass
  	 * @param keyCodec
  	 * @return
  	 */
  	public <T> Semantics setKeyCodec(Class<T> keyClass, Codec<T> keyCodec);
  	/**
  	 * @param <T>
  	 * @param valueClass
  	 * @return
  	 */
  	public <T> Codec<T> getValueCodec(Class<T> valueClass);
  	/**
  	 * @param <T>
  	 * @param valueClass
  	 * @param valueCdec
  	 * @return
  	 */
  	public <T> Semantics setValueCodec(Class<T> valueClass, Codec<T> valueCdec);
  }
  