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/* * Copyright 2008-present MongoDB, Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.mongodb.util; /** * Interface describing methods for serializing an object to a string. * @deprecated there is no replacement for this interface */ @Deprecated public interface ObjectSerializer { /** * Serializes {@code obj} into {@code buf}. * * @param obj object to serialize * @param buf buffer to serialize into */ void serialize(Object obj, StringBuilder buf); /** * Serializes {@code obj}. * * @param obj object to serialize * @return the serialized object */ String serialize(Object obj); }