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+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP PAP
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.common.utils.coder;
+
+/**
+ * JSON encoder and decoder.
+ */
+public interface Coder {
+
+    /**
+     * Encodes an object into json.
+     *
+     * @param object object to be encoded
+     * @return a json string representing the object
+     * @throws CoderException if an error occurs
+     */
+    String encode(Object object) throws CoderException;
+
+    /**
+     * Decodes a json string into an object.
+     *
+     * @param json json string to be decoded
+     * @param clazz class of object to be decoded
+     * @return the object represented by the given json string
+     * @throws CoderException if an error occurs
+     */
+    <T> T decode(String json, Class<T> clazz) throws CoderException;
+}