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package org.apache.causeway.applib.services.marshal;

import java.util.EnumSet;

import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;

import org.apache.causeway.applib.value.NamedWithMimeType.CommonMimeType;
import org.apache.causeway.commons.functional.Try;

import lombok.NonNull;

/**
 * Supports marshaling and unmarshaling of the generic type T
 * for a set of mime types.
 *
 * @since 2.0 {@index}
 */
public interface MarshallerService<T> {

    Class<T> supportedClass();

    /**
     * Supported format(s) for {@link #unmarshal(String, CommonMimeType)}
     * and {@link #marshal(Object, CommonMimeType)}.
     */
    EnumSet<CommonMimeType> supportedFormats();

    /**
     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException when format is not supported
     */
    String marshal(@NonNull T value, @NonNull CommonMimeType format);

    /**
     * Returns a new de-serialized instance wrapped in a {@link Try}.
     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException when format is not supported (not wrapped)
     */
    Try<T> unmarshal(@Nullable String content, @NonNull CommonMimeType format);

}
