/* VersionFormat.java * * Copyright (c) 2002, Benja Fallenstein * * This file is part of Storm. * * Storm is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * Storm is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General * Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General * Public License along with Storm; if not, write to the Free * Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, * MA 02111-1307 USA * * */ /* * Written by Benja Fallenstein */ package org.nongnu.storm.util; import java.io.*; /** A serialization format for Versions and Version.Diffs. * Each format will be able to serialize a *subset* of all * versions and diffs, for example all Java-serializable * ones. * @see org.nongnu.storm.util.SerializedVersionFormat */ public interface VersionFormat { void writeVersion(OutputStream out, Version v) throws IOException; void writeDiff(OutputStream out, Version.Diff d) throws IOException; Version readVersion(InputStream in) throws IOException; Version.Diff readDiff(InputStream in) throws IOException; }