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package org.apache.kafka.common.serialization;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * An interface for converting objects to bytes.
 *
 * A class that implements this interface is expected to have a constructor with no parameter.
 * <p>
 * Implement {@link org.apache.kafka.common.ClusterResourceListener} to receive cluster metadata once it's available. Please see the class documentation for ClusterResourceListener for more information.
 *
 * @param <T> Type to be serialized from.
 */
public interface Serializer<T> extends Closeable {

    /**
     * Configure this class.
     * @param configs configs in key/value pairs
     * @param isKey whether is for key or value
     */
    void configure(Map<String, ?> configs, boolean isKey);

    /**
     * Convert {@code data} into a byte array.
     *
     * @param topic topic associated with data
     * @param data typed data
     * @return serialized bytes
     */
    byte[] serialize(String topic, T data);

    /**
     * Close this serializer.
     *
     * This method must be idempotent as it may be called multiple times.
     */
    @Override
    void close();
}
