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package com.esotericsoftware.kryo.factories;

import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.Kryo;
import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.Serializer;

/** A serializer factory that allows the creation of serializers. This factory will be called when a {@link Kryo} serializer
 * discovers a new type for which no serializer is yet known. For example, when a factory is registered via
 * {@link Kryo#setDefaultSerializer(SerializerFactory)} a different serializer can be created dependent on the type of a class.
 *
 * @author Rafael Winterhalter <rafael.wth@web.de> */
public interface SerializerFactory {

	/** Creates a new serializer
	 * @param kryo The serializer instance requesting the new serializer.
	 * @param type The type of the object that is to be serialized.
	 * @return An implementation of a serializer that is able to serialize an object of type {@code type}. */
	Serializer makeSerializer (Kryo kryo, Class<?> type);
}
