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/* Glazed Lists (c) 2003-2006 */
/* http://publicobject.com/glazedlists/ publicobject.com,*/
/* O'Dell Engineering Ltd.*/
package ca.odell.glazedlists.io;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
/**
* An utility interface for converting Objects to bytes for storage or network
* transport. For some common, general-purpose {@link ByteCoder}s, see the
* {@link ca.odell.glazedlists.GlazedLists GlazedLists} factory class.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:jesse@swank.ca">Jesse Wilson</a>
*/
public interface ByteCoder {
/**
* Encode the specified Object over the specified {@link OutputStream}.
*/
public void encode(Object source, OutputStream target) throws IOException;
/**
* Decode the Object from the specified {@link InputStream}. The stream should contain
* exactly one Object and no further bytes before the end of the stream.
*/
public Object decode(InputStream source) throws IOException;
}
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