CompactSerializer (Hazelcast Root 5.4.0-SNAPSHOT API)

Type Parameters:

T - Type of the serialized/deserialized class

All Known Implementing Classes:

ObjectIdCompactSerializer
```
public interface CompactSerializer<T>
```
Defines the contract of the serializers used for Compact serialization.
After defining a serializer for the objects of the class T, it can be registered using the CompactSerializationConfig.
write(CompactWriter, Object) and read(CompactReader) methods must be consistent with each other.

Since:

5.2

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Class<T>`	`getCompactClass()`
`java.lang.String`	`getTypeName()`	Returns the unique type name for the class `CompactSerializer`.
`T`	`read(CompactReader reader)`
`void`	`write(CompactWriter writer, T object)`

- Method Detail
  - read
```
@Nonnull
T read(@Nonnull
       CompactReader reader)
```
    Parameters:
    
    reader - reader to read fields of an object
    
    Returns:
    
    the object created as a result of read method
    
    Throws:
    
    HazelcastSerializationException - in case of failure to read
  - write
```
void write(@Nonnull
           CompactWriter writer,
           @Nonnull
           T object)
```
    Parameters:
    
    writer - CompactWriter to serialize the fields onto
    
    object - to be serialized.
    
    Throws:
    
    HazelcastSerializationException - in case of failure to write
  - getTypeName
```
@Nonnull
java.lang.String getTypeName()
```
    Returns the unique type name for the class CompactSerializer.
    If the class CompactSerializer is ever evolved by adding or removing fields, the type name for the evolved serializers must be the same with the initial version.
    
    Returns:
    
    the type name
  - getCompactClass
```
@Nonnull
java.lang.Class<T> getCompactClass()
```
    Returns:
    
    the class to be serialized with this serializer.