Add kafka.serializer interfaces (#912)

2 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kafka/serializer/__init__.py b/kafka/serializer/__init__.py
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+++ b/kafka/serializer/__init__.py
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+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from .abstract import Serializer, Deserializer
diff --git a/kafka/serializer/abstract.py b/kafka/serializer/abstract.py
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+++ b/kafka/serializer/abstract.py
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+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import abc
+
+
+class Serializer(object):
+    __meta__ = abc.ABCMeta
+
+    def __init__(self, **config):
+        pass
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def serialize(self, topic, value):
+        pass
+
+    def close(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class Deserializer(object):
+    __meta__ = abc.ABCMeta
+
+    def __init__(self, **config):
+        pass
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def deserialize(self, topic, bytes_):
+        pass
+
+    def close(self):
+        pass