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package org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.io.gryo.kryoshim;

import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.util.Serializer;

/**
 * A minimal {@link Serializer}-like abstraction. See that class for method documentation.
 *
 * @param <T> the class this serializer reads/writes from/to bytes.
 */
public interface SerializerShim<T> {

    public <O extends OutputShim> void write(final KryoShim<?, O> kryo, final O output, final T object);

    public <I extends InputShim> T read(final KryoShim<I, ?> kryo, final I input, final Class<T> clazz);

    public default boolean isImmutable() {
        return false;
    }
}
