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18 package org.apache.giraph.types.ops.collections;
19
20 import java.io.DataInput;
21 import java.io.DataOutput;
22 import java.io.IOException;
23
24 /**
25 * Handler for knowing how to serialize/deserialize type T
26 *
27 * @param <T> Type of object to be serialized.
28 */
29 public interface WritableWriter<T> {
30 /**
31 * Serialize the fields of <code>value</code> to <code>out</code>.
32 *
33 * @param out <code>DataOuput</code> to serialize object into.
34 * @param value Object to serialize
35 * @throws IOException
36 */
37 void write(DataOutput out, T value) throws IOException;
38
39 /**
40 * Deserialize the fields of object from <code>in</code>.
41 *
42 * @param in <code>DataInput</code> to deseriablize object from.
43 * @return Deserialized object.
44 * @throws IOException
45 */
46 T readFields(DataInput in) throws IOException;
47 }