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019package org.nuxeo.runtime.codec;
020
021import java.util.Map;
022
023import org.nuxeo.lib.stream.codec.Codec;
024
025/**
026 * Factory to init and provide codec object.
027 *
028 * @since 10.2
029 */
030public interface CodecFactory {
031
032    /**
033     * Initializes the codec factory using a map of options.
034     */
035    void init(Map<String, String> options);
036
037    /**
038     * Returns a codec object enables to encode/decode object ot class T.
039     */
040    <T> Codec<T> newCodec(Class<T> objectClass);
041}