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# Message Serializers

Message Serializers will `serialize` an Event Message into Event Data and `deserialize` Event Data into an Event Message. These are generally used by the Message Repository classes and `serialize` is done before the event message is persisted to storage and `deserialize` is done on the data that is pulled out of the database.