/**
 * Represents an object that can be used to serialize something to a output type.
 *
 * @param T -
 *        The data type to serialize.
 * @param S -
 *        The output serialization type.
 */
export interface IZSerialize<T, S = string> {
    /**
     * Serializes a candidate object to a string.
     *
     * @param candidate -
     *        The candidate object.
     *
     * @returns
     *        The string representation of the candidate or undefined
     *        if no such string representation could be serialized.
     */
    serialize(candidate: T | null | undefined): S | undefined;
}