1 package com.github.celldynamics.quimp.filesystem;
2
3 /**
4 * Interface that is required by Serializer class.
5 *
6 * <p>Serializer class calls methods from this interface before and after serialization. The main
7 * purpose of these method is to allow to rebuild objects after restoration or to prepare them
8 * before saving.
9 *
10 * @author p.baniukiewicz
11 *
12 */
13 public interface IQuimpSerialize {
14 /**
15 * This method is called just before JSON is generated.
16 *
17 * @see com.github.celldynamics.quimp.Serializer#save(String)
18 */
19 public void beforeSerialize();
20
21 /**
22 * This method is called after restoring object from JSON but before returning the object.
23 *
24 * @throws Exception from wrapped object in any problem. This is implementation dependent
25 * @see com.github.celldynamics.quimp.Serializer#load(String)
26 */
27 public void afterSerialize() throws Exception;
28
29 }