Package org.apache.hadoop.io.serializer

Interface Serialization<T>

Type Parameters:
T - generic type.
All Known Implementing Classes:
AvroReflectSerialization, AvroSerialization, AvroSpecificSerialization, JavaSerialization, WritableSerialization
@LimitedPrivate({"HDFS","MapReduce"}) @Evolving public interface Serialization<T>

Encapsulates a Serializer/Deserializer pair.

  • Method Details

    • accept

      boolean accept(Class<?> c)
      Allows clients to test whether this Serialization supports the given class.
      Parameters:
      c - class.
      Returns:
      if accept true,not false.

    • getSerializer

      Serializer<T> getSerializer(Class<T> c)
      Parameters:
      c - class.
      Returns:
      a Serializer for the given class.

    • getDeserializer

      Deserializer<T> getDeserializer(Class<T> c)
      Parameters:
      c - class.
      Returns:
      a Deserializer for the given class.