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#ifndef _ACTIVEMQ_WIREFORMAT_MARSHALAWARE_H_
#define _ACTIVEMQ_WIREFORMAT_MARSHALAWARE_H_

#include <vector>
#include <decaf/io/IOException.h>
#include <activemq/util/Config.h>

namespace activemq {
namespace wireformat {

    class WireFormat;

    class AMQCPP_API MarshalAware {
    public:

        virtual ~MarshalAware();

        /**
         * Determine if the class implementing this interface is really
         * wanting to be told about marshaling.  Normally if you didn't
         * want to be marshal aware you just wouldn't implement this interface
         * but since this is C++ and we don't have true interfaces we need
         * a flat inheritance hierarchy, so we always implement this.
         *
         * @return true if this class cares about marshaling.
         */
        virtual bool isMarshalAware() const = 0;

        /**
         * Called before marshaling is started to prepare the object to be
         * marshaled.
         *
         * @param wireFormat
         *      The wireformat object to control marshaling
         *
         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
         */
        virtual void beforeMarshal(WireFormat* wireFormat) = 0;

        /**
         * Called after marshaling is started to cleanup the object being
         * marshaled.
         *
         * @param wireFormat
         *      The wireformat object to control marshaling
         *
         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
         */
        virtual void afterMarshal(WireFormat* wireFormat) = 0;

        /**
         * Called before unmarshaling is started to prepare the object to be
         * unmarshaled.
         *
         * @param wireFormat
         *      The wireformat object to control marshaling
         *
         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
         */
        virtual void beforeUnmarshal(WireFormat* wireFormat) = 0;

        /**
         * Called after unmarshaling is started to cleanup the object being
         * unmarshaled.
         *
         * @param wireFormat
         *      The wireformat object to control marshaling
         *
         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
         */
        virtual void afterUnmarshal(WireFormat* wireFormat) = 0;

        /**
         * Called to set the data to this object that will contain the objects
         * marshaled form.
         * @param wireFormat - the wireformat object to control unmarshaling
         * @param data - vector of object binary data
         *
         * @param wireFormat
         *      The wireformat object to control marshaling
         * @param data
         *      A vector of bytes that contains the object in marshaled form.
         *
         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
         */
        virtual void setMarshaledForm(WireFormat* wireFormat, const std::vector<char>& data) = 0;

        /**
         * Called to get the data to this object that will contain the objects
         * marshaled form.
         *
         * @param wireFormat
         *      The wireformat object to control unmarshaling
         *
         * @return buffer that holds the objects data.
         */
        virtual std::vector<unsigned char> getMarshaledForm(WireFormat* wireFormat) = 0;

    };

}}

#endif /*_ACTIVEMQ_WIREFORMAT_MARSHALAWARE_H_*/