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package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.timelineservice.storage.common;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Converter used to encode/decode value associated with a column prefix or a
 * column.
 */
public interface ValueConverter {

  /**
   * Encode an object as a byte array depending on the converter implementation.
   *
   * @param value Value to be encoded.
   * @return a byte array
   * @throws IOException if any problem is encountered while encoding.
   */
  byte[] encodeValue(Object value) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Decode a byte array and convert it into an object depending on the
   * converter implementation.
   *
   * @param bytes Byte array to be decoded.
   * @return an object
   * @throws IOException if any problem is encountered while decoding.
   */
  Object decodeValue(byte[] bytes) throws IOException;
}