lang/csharp/src/apache/main/Generic/DatumReader.cs

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using Avro.IO;

namespace Avro.Generic
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Defines the interface for an object that reads data of a schema.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">Type of the in-memory data representation.</typeparam>
    [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Naming",
        "CA1715:Identifiers should have correct prefix", Justification = "Maintain public API")]
    public interface DatumReader<T>
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Schema used to read the data.
        /// </summary>
        Schema ReaderSchema { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Schema that was used to write the data.
        /// </summary>
        Schema WriterSchema { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Read a datum.  Traverse the schema, depth-first, reading all leaf values
        /// in the schema into a datum that is returned.  If the provided datum is
        /// non-null it may be reused and returned.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="reuse">Optional object to deserialize the datum into. May be null.</param>
        /// <param name="decoder">Decoder to read data from.</param>
        /// <returns>Deserialized datum.</returns>
        T Read(T reuse, Decoder decoder);
    }
}