/*
Copyright Â© 2010 William D. Back
This file is part of gentsim.

    gentsim is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    gentsim 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 General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with gentsim.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.gentsim.serialize

import org.gentsim.framework.Event

/**
 * Defines the methods for serializing Things.
 * @author Bill Back
 */
public interface Serializer {

  /**
   * Converts an event to the formatted version.
   * @param e The event to convert.
   * @return A string containing the serialized version the event.
   */
  String serializeEvent(Event e);
}