/*
* Copyright 2004-2023 H2 Group. Multiple-Licensed under the MPL 2.0,
* and the EPL 1.0 (https://h2database.com/html/license.html).
* Initial Developer: H2 Group
*/
package org.h2.api;
/**
* Custom serialization mechanism for java objects being stored in column of
* type OTHER.
*
* @author Sergi Vladykin
*/
public interface JavaObjectSerializer {
/**
* Serialize object to byte array.
*
* @param obj the object to serialize
* @return the byte array of the serialized object
* @throws Exception on failure
*/
byte[] serialize(Object obj) throws Exception;
/**
* Deserialize object from byte array.
*
* @param bytes the byte array of the serialized object
* @return the object
* @throws Exception on failure
*/
Object deserialize(byte[] bytes) throws Exception;
}