IMetadataComponentSerializer (apache-cassandra API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompactionMetadata.CompactionMetadataSerializer, SerializationHeader.Serializer, StatsMetadata.StatsMetadataSerializer, ValidationMetadata.ValidationMetadataSerializer
```
public interface IMetadataComponentSerializer<T extends MetadataComponent>
```
Metadata component serializer

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`deserialize(Version version, DataInputPlus in)`	Deserialize metadata component from given input.
`void`	`serialize(Version version, T component, DataOutputPlus out)`	Serialize metadata component to given output.
`int`	`serializedSize(Version version, T component)`	Calculate and return serialized size.

- Method Detail
  - serializedSize
```
int serializedSize(Version version,
                   T component)
            throws java.io.IOException
```
    Calculate and return serialized size.
    
    Parameters:
    
    version -
    
    component - MetadataComponent to calculate serialized size
    
    Returns:
    
    serialized size of this component
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - serialize
```
void serialize(Version version,
               T component,
               DataOutputPlus out)
        throws java.io.IOException
```
    Serialize metadata component to given output.
    
    Parameters:
    
    version -
    
    component - MetadataComponent to serialize
    
    out - serialize destination
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - deserialize
```
T deserialize(Version version,
              DataInputPlus in)
       throws java.io.IOException
```
    Deserialize metadata component from given input.
    
    Parameters:
    
    version - serialize version
    
    in - deserialize source
    
    Returns:
    
    Deserialized component
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException