Added Tango.Serialization.

Added Tango.Settings.

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Tango.Serialization
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represent an interface for creating a custom data serializer.
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface IDataSerializer
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Serialize object to a file.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">Type of specified object.</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="obj">The specified object.</param>
+        /// <param name="filePath">The full path to the file to write.</param>
+        void SerializeToFile<T>(T obj, String filePath);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Deserialize object from a file.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">Type of object to deserialize.</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="filePath">The full path of the data file.</param>
+        /// <returns>The resulting object.</returns>
+        T DeserializeFromFile<T>(String filePath);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Serialize object to stream.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">Type of specified object.</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="obj">The specified object.</param>
+        /// <param name="st">The stream to write.</param>
+        void SerializeToStream<T>(T obj, Stream st);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Deserialize object from stream.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">Type of object to deserialize.</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="st">Stream to read from.</param>
+        /// <returns>The resulting object.</returns>
+        T DeserializeFromStream<T>(Stream st);
+    }
+}