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018package org.apache.oozie.event.messaging;
019
020import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
021
022/**
023 * Message Serializer to serialize the java object
024 *
025 */
026public abstract class MessageSerializer {
027    static ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper(); // Thread-safe.
028
029    /**
030     * Get the serialized string from object
031     * @param object the java object
032     * @return
033     */
034    public abstract String getSerializedObject(Object object);
035
036    /**
037     * Get the message format for the serializer
038     * @return
039     */
040    public abstract String getMessageFormat();
041
042}