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// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Infrastructure;
/// <summary>
/// Serializes and deserializes the contents of <see cref="ITempDataDictionary"/>.
/// </summary>
public abstract class TempDataSerializer
{
/// <summary>
/// Deserializes <paramref name="unprotectedData"/> to a <see cref="IDictionary{TKey, TValue}"/>
/// used to initialize an instance of <see cref="ITempDataDictionary"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="unprotectedData">Serialized representation of <see cref="ITempDataDictionary"/>.</param>
/// <returns>The deserialized <see cref="IDictionary{TKey, TValue}"/>.</returns>
public abstract IDictionary<string, object> Deserialize(byte[] unprotectedData);
/// <summary>
/// Serializes the contents of <see cref="ITempDataDictionary"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="values">The contents of <see cref="ITempDataDictionary"/>.</param>
/// <returns>The serialized bytes.</returns>
public abstract byte[] Serialize(IDictionary<string, object> values);
/// <summary>
/// Determines if the serializer supports the specified <paramref name="type"/>.
/// <para>
/// Defaults to returning <see langword="true"/> for all <see cref="Type"/> instances.
/// </para>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type">The <see cref="Type"/>.</param>
/// <returns><see langword="true"/> if the serializer supports serializing <paramref name="type"/>, otherwise <see langword="false"/>.</returns>
public virtual bool CanSerializeType(Type type) => true;
}
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