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package com.alibaba.nacos.naming.cluster.transport;

/**
 * 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);
}
