Github user hmcl commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/1696#discussion_r79800937 --- Diff: external/storm-kafka-client/src/main/java/org/apache/storm/kafka/spout/SerializableDeserializer.java --- @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +/* + * Copyright 2016 The Apache Software Foundation. + * + * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); + * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. + * You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + * limitations under the License. + */ +package org.apache.storm.kafka.spout; + +import java.io.Serializable; +import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.Deserializer; + +/** + * @param <T> The type this deserializer deserializes to. + */ +public interface SerializableDeserializer<T> extends Deserializer<T>, Serializable { --- End diff -- Why do we need this wrapper marking interface?
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