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+package serialize;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+
+/**
+ * The Interface VSSerializable, all classes which take part of the serialize/
+ * deserialize proces are implementing this interface. It is preferred over the
+ * standard Serializable interface of Java because we want not serialize the
+ * whole class tree of each class but certain variables only!
+ *
+ * @author Paul C. Buetow
+ */
+public interface VSSerializable {
+    /**
+     * Serializes
+     *
+     * @param serialize The serialize object
+     * @param objectOutputStream The object output stream
+     */
+    public void serialize(VSSerialize serialize,
+                          ObjectOutputStream objectOutputStream)
+    throws IOException;
+    /**
+     * Deserializes
+     *
+     * @param serialize The serialize object
+     * @param objectInputStream The object input stream
+     */
+    public void deserialize(VSSerialize serialize,
+                            ObjectInputStream objectInputStream)
+    throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;
+}