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package org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.db;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Codec interface to marshall/unmarshall data to/from a byte[] based
 * key/value store.
 *
 * @param <T> Unserialized type
 */
public interface Codec<T> {

  /**
   * Convert object to raw persisted format.
   * @param object The original java object. Should not be null.
   */
  byte[] toPersistedFormat(T object) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Convert object from raw persisted format.
   *
   * @param rawData Byte array from the key/value store. Should not be null.
   */
  T fromPersistedFormat(byte[] rawData) throws IOException;
}