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package org.apache.apex.malhar.lib.appdata.query.serde;

import org.apache.apex.malhar.lib.appdata.schemas.Message;
import org.apache.apex.malhar.lib.appdata.schemas.ResultFormatter;

/**
 * This interface defines a Message serializer, which will be used to convert a result to JSON. Classes
 * implementing this interface should have a public no-arg constructor.
 * @since 3.0.0
 */
public interface CustomMessageSerializer
{
  /**
   * This message is called to serialize the given result to JSON.
   * @param message The data to serialize.
   * @param resultFormatter The formatter which will format primitive data in the result properly.
   * @return The JSON serialized result.
   */
  public abstract String serialize(Message message, ResultFormatter resultFormatter);
}
