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package edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.graph;

import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;

import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.util.ArrayListWritable;
import edu.uci.ics.pregelix.api.util.BspUtils;

/**
 * Wrapper around {@link ArrayListWritable} that allows the message class to be
 * set prior to calling readFields().
 * 
 * @param <M>
 *            message type
 */
public class MsgList<M extends Writable> extends ArrayListWritable<M> {
    /** Defining a layout version for a serializable class. */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    /**
     * Default constructor.s
     */
    public MsgList() {
        super();
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @Override
    public void setClass() {
        setClass((Class<M>) BspUtils.getMessageValueClass(getConf()));
    }
}