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+package at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.utils;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EAAFJsonMapperException;
+
+public interface IJsonMapper {
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Serialize an object to a JSON string.
+	 * @param value the object to serialize
+	 * @return a JSON string
+	 * @throws JsonProcessingException thrown when an error occurs during serialization
+	 */
+	String serialize(Object value) throws EAAFJsonMapperException;
+
+	/**
+	 * Deserialize a JSON string.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value the JSON string to deserialize
+	 * @param clazz optional parameter that determines the type of the returned object. If not set, an {@link Object} is returned.
+	 * @return the deserialized JSON string as an object of type {@code clazz} or {@link Object}
+	 * @throws JsonParseException if the JSON string contains invalid content.
+	 * @throws JsonMappingException if the input JSON structure does not match structure expected for result type
+	 * @throws IOException if an I/O problem occurs (e.g. unexpected end-of-input)
+	 */
+	<T> Object deserialize(String value, Class<T> clazz) throws EAAFJsonMapperException;
+
+	//<T> Object deserialize(String value, TypeReference<T> clazz) throws EAAFJsonMapperException;
+
+}
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