/*
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*
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*
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package net.sf.sojo.interchange;
import net.sf.sojo.core.filter.ClassPropertyFilterHandler;
/**
* Describe, how <code>serialize</code> a complex object graph into desired representation and back to the object graph with the method <code>deserialize</code>.
*
* @author linke
*
*/
public interface Serializer {
public Object serialize(Object pvRootObject);
public Object serialize(Object pvRootObject, String[] pvExcludedProperties);
public Object deserialize(Object pvSourceObject);
public Object deserialize(Object pvSourceObject, Class pvRootClass);
public void setClassPropertyFilterHandler(ClassPropertyFilterHandler pvClassPropertyFilterHandler);
public ClassPropertyFilterHandler getClassPropertyFilterHandler();
}
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