namespace DelftTools.Utils.Serialization
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interface to implement on a compressor class which can be used to compress/decompress the resulting byte array of the Fast serializer. 
    /// </summary>
    public interface IByteCompressor
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Compresses the specified serialized data.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="serializedData">The serialized data.</param>
        /// <returns>The  passed in serialized data in compressed form</returns>
        byte[] Compress(byte[] serializedData);

        /// <summary>
        /// Decompresses the specified compressed data.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="compressedData">The compressed data.</param>
        /// <returns>The  passed in de-serialized data in compressed form</returns>
        byte[] Decompress(byte[] compressedData);
    }
}