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package org.apache.hadoop.io.serializer;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configured;

public abstract class SerializerBase<T> extends Configured
  implements Closeable, Serializer<T> {

  /**
   * <p>Prepare the serializer for writing.</p>
   */
  public abstract void open(OutputStream out) throws IOException;
  
  /**
   * <p>Serialize <code>t</code> to the underlying output stream.</p>
   */
  public abstract void serialize(T t) throws IOException;
  
  public abstract Map<String, String> getMetadata() throws IOException;
  
}