binding-java/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/etch/bindings/java/transport/TaggedDataInput.java

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package org.apache.etch.bindings.java.transport;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.etch.bindings.java.msg.Message;
import org.apache.etch.util.FlexBuffer;


/**
 * A TaggedDataInput reads type tagged values from an input buf.
 */
public interface TaggedDataInput
{
	/**
	 * Reads a message from the buf.
	 * @param buf the flex buffer containing the message.
	 * @return a message read from the buf.
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	public Message readMessage( FlexBuffer buf ) throws IOException;
}