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package org.apache.kerby.xdr.type;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

/**
 * The ASN1 type interface for all ASN1 types.
 */
public interface XdrType {

    /**
     * Get length of encoding bytes by just calculating without real encoding.
     * Generally it's called to prepare for the encoding buffer.
     * @return length of encoding bytes
     */
    int encodingLength() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Encode the type, by recursively.
     * @return encoded bytes
     */
    byte[] encode() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Encode the type, by recursively, using the provided buffer.
     * @param buffer The byte buffer
     */
    void encode(ByteBuffer buffer) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Decode the content bytes into this type.
     * @param content The content bytes
     * @throws IOException e
     */
    void decode(byte[] content) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Decode the content bytes into this type.
     * @param content The content bytes
     * @throws IOException e
     */
    void decode(ByteBuffer content) throws IOException;
}