001/**
002 *   GRANITE DATA SERVICES
003 *   Copyright (C) 2006-2013 GRANITE DATA SERVICES S.A.S.
004 *
005 *   This file is part of the Granite Data Services Platform.
006 *
007 *   Granite Data Services is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
008 *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
009 *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
010 *   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
011 *
012 *   Granite Data Services is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
013 *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
014 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser
015 *   General Public License for more details.
016 *
017 *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
018 *   License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
019 *   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
020 *   USA, or see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
021 */
022package org.granite.messaging.amf.io.util.externalizer;
023
024import java.io.IOException;
025import java.io.ObjectInput;
026import java.io.ObjectOutput;
027import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
028import java.util.List;
029
030import org.granite.messaging.amf.io.util.Property;
031import org.granite.util.XMap;
032
033/**
034 * @author Franck WOLFF
035 */
036public interface Externalizer {
037
038        public void configure(XMap properties);
039        
040    public Object newInstance(String type, ObjectInput in)
041        throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException, InstantiationException, InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException;
042
043    public void readExternal(Object o, ObjectInput in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException, IllegalAccessException;
044
045    public void writeExternal(Object o, ObjectOutput out) throws IOException, IllegalAccessException;
046
047    public List<Property> findOrderedFields(Class<?> clazz);
048
049    public int accept(Class<?> clazz);
050}