PreferenceSerializer (android-preference-annotations 1.1.1 API)

Type Parameters:

S - the runtime type.

T - the persistent type. must be one of boolean, byte, short, char, int, long, float, double or String.

All Known Implementing Classes:

EnumPreferenceSerializer
```
public interface PreferenceSerializer<S,T>
```
An interface for converting between two types. See Preference.serializer() for more information.

See Also:

Preference.serializer()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`S`	`deserialize(T value)`	Convert from persistent type to runtime type.
`T`	`serialize(S value)`	Convert from runtime type to persistent type.

- Method Detail
  - serialize
```
T serialize(S value)
     throws PreferenceSerializationException
```
    Convert from runtime type to persistent type. If the persistent type is a primitive (wrapper) the return value must not be null.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - an object of the runtime type
    
    Returns:
    
    the persistent type representation of the parameter
    
    Throws:
    
    PreferenceSerializationException - if the object could not be serialized
  - deserialize
```
S deserialize(T value)
       throws PreferenceSerializationException
```
    Convert from persistent type to runtime type. If the persistent type is a primitive (wrapper) the parameter is guaranteed to not be null
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - an object of the persistent type
    
    Returns:
    
    the runtime type value of the parameter
    
    Throws:
    
    PreferenceSerializationException - if the object could not be deserialized