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__all__ = ['Serializer', 'NoOpSerializer']

"""Provides the definition of a message serialization handler"""

import abc

import six


@six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
class Serializer(object):
    """Generic (de-)serialization definition base class."""

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def serialize_entity(self, ctxt, entity):
        """Serialize something to primitive form.

        :param ctxt: Request context, in deserialized form
        :param entity: Entity to be serialized
        :returns: Serialized form of entity
        """

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def deserialize_entity(self, ctxt, entity):
        """Deserialize something from primitive form.

        :param ctxt: Request context, in deserialized form
        :param entity: Primitive to be deserialized
        :returns: Deserialized form of entity
        """

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def serialize_context(self, ctxt):
        """Serialize a request context into a dictionary.

        :param ctxt: Request context
        :returns: Serialized form of context
        """

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def deserialize_context(self, ctxt):
        """Deserialize a dictionary into a request context.

        :param ctxt: Request context dictionary
        :returns: Deserialized form of entity
        """


class NoOpSerializer(Serializer):
    """A serializer that does nothing."""

    def serialize_entity(self, ctxt, entity):
        return entity

    def deserialize_entity(self, ctxt, entity):
        return entity

    def serialize_context(self, ctxt):
        return ctxt

    def deserialize_context(self, ctxt):
        return ctxt

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 ializer'
+, 'JsonPayloadSerializer'
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@@ -745,16 +745,57 @@
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+from oslo_serialization import jsonutils%0A
 import s
@@ -2268,28 +2268,206 @@
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+%0A%0Aclass JsonPayloadSerializer(NoOpSerializer):%0A    @staticmethod%0A    def serialize_entity(context, entity):%0A        return jsonutils.to_primitive(entity, convert_instances=True)%0A

Add JsonPayloadSerializer serializer