From d2d812213b99ee17f9433f81871b694c4053ff23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 01:50:05 -0400
Subject: also carried away

---
 .../src/ICacheObjectDeserializer.cs                | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 lib/VNLib.Data.Caching/src/ICacheObjectDeserializer.cs

(limited to 'lib/VNLib.Data.Caching/src/ICacheObjectDeserializer.cs')

diff --git a/lib/VNLib.Data.Caching/src/ICacheObjectDeserializer.cs b/lib/VNLib.Data.Caching/src/ICacheObjectDeserializer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..560d3bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/VNLib.Data.Caching/src/ICacheObjectDeserializer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2023 Vaughn Nugent
+* 
+* Library: VNLib
+* Package: VNLib.Data.Caching
+* File: ICacheObjectDeserializer.cs 
+*
+* ICacheObjectDeserialzer.cs is part of VNLib.Data.Caching which is part 
+* of the larger VNLib collection of libraries and utilities.
+*
+* VNLib.Data.Caching is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 
+* it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as 
+* published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+* License, or (at your option) any later version.
+*
+* VNLib.Data.Caching is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+* GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+*
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+* along with this program.  If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+*/
+
+using System;
+
+namespace VNLib.Data.Caching
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Provides custom binary deserialzation for a given type
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface ICacheObjectDeserializer
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Attempts to deserialze the supplied binary buffer to its original
+        /// object state.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="objectData">The buffer containing data to deserialze</param>
+        /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
+        /// <returns>A new instance deserialzed to contain the original entity state</returns>
+        T? Deserialize<T>(ReadOnlySpan<byte> objectData);
+    }
+}
-- 
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