| // Copyright 2017 The Bazel Authors. All rights reserved. |
| // |
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| |
| package com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.serialization; |
| |
| import com.google.devtools.build.skyframe.SkyKey; |
| import com.google.devtools.build.skyframe.SkyValue; |
| |
| /** An opaque interface for codecs that just reveals the {@link Class} of its objects. */ |
| interface BaseCodec<T> { |
| /** |
| * Returns the class of the objects serialized/deserialized by this codec. |
| * |
| * <p>This is useful for automatically dispatching to the correct codec, e.g. in {@link |
| * ObjectCodecs} and {@link BaseCodecMap}. It may also be useful for automatically registering |
| * codecs for {@link SkyKey}s and {@link SkyValue}s instead of using the current manual mapping |
| * (b/26186886). |
| */ |
| Class<T> getEncodedClass(); |
| } |