001/**
002 * Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework.
003 * Copyright (C) 1999-2015, QOS.ch. All rights reserved.
004 *
005 * This program and the accompanying materials are dual-licensed under
006 * either the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 as published by
007 * the Eclipse Foundation
008 *
009 *   or (per the licensee's choosing)
010 *
011 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
012 * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
013 */
014package ch.qos.logback.core.spi;
015
016import java.io.Serializable;
017
018/**
019 * PreSerializationTransformer instances have the responsibility to transform
020 * object into a presumably equivalent serializable representation.
021 * 
022 * @author Ceki Gülcü
023 * 
024 * @param <E>
025 */
026public interface PreSerializationTransformer<E> {
027    Serializable transform(E event);
028}