querydsl/querydsl-codegen/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/codegen/Serializer.java

/*
 * Copyright 2011, Mysema Ltd
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package com.mysema.query.codegen;

import java.io.IOException;

import com.mysema.codegen.CodeWriter;

/**
 * Serializer defines a common interface for {@link EntityType} serializers
 *
 * @author tiwe
 *
 */
public interface Serializer {

    /**
     * Serialize the given {@link EntityType}
     *
     * @param type EntityType to serialize
     * @param serializerConfig TODO
     * @param writer serialization target
     * @throws IOException
     */
    void serialize(EntityType type, SerializerConfig serializerConfig, CodeWriter writer) throws IOException;

}