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namespace Apache.NMS.Stomp.Protocol
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interface for a utility class used to marshal an IPrimitiveMap instance
    /// to/from an String.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IPrimitiveMapMarshaler
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Marshals a PrimitiveMap instance to an serialized byte array.
        /// </summary>
        byte[] Marshal(IPrimitiveMap map);

        /// <summary>
        /// Un-marshals an IPrimitiveMap instance from a String object.
        /// </summary>
        IPrimitiveMap Unmarshal(byte[] mapContent);

        /// <summary>
        /// Retreives the Name of this Marshaler.
        /// </summary>
        string Name { get; }

    }
}