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package org.flexdock.perspective.persist;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

import org.flexdock.docking.state.PersistenceException;

/**
 * Created on 2005-03-30
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:marius@eleritec.net">Christopher Butler</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:mati@sz.home.pl">Mateusz Szczap</a>
 * @version $Id: Persister.java,v 1.7 2005/07/05 14:53:26 marius Exp $
 */
public interface Persister {
    
    /**
     * Serializes <code>PerspectiveInfo</code> to the supplied data stream.
     * 
     * @param os <code>OutputStream</code> to persist perspectiveInfo to.
     * @param perspectiveInfo data object to be persisted
     * @return <code>true</code> when there was no problem with persisting the perspectiveInfo object.
     * @throws IOException in case of input/output problem.
     */
    boolean store(OutputStream os, PerspectiveModel perspectiveInfo) throws IOException, PersistenceException;
    
    /**
     * Deserializes <code>PerspectiveInfo</code> from the supplied data stream.
     * 
     * @param is <code>InputStream</code> to load perspectiveInfo from.
     * @return <code>true</code> when there was no problem with persisting the perspectiveInfo object.
     * @throws IOException in case of input/output problem.
     */
    PerspectiveModel load(InputStream is) throws IOException, PersistenceException;

}
