0.90/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/ProtobufMessageHandler.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Common interface for models capable of supporting protobuf marshalling
 * and unmarshalling. Hooks up to the ProtobufMessageBodyConsumer and
 * ProtobufMessageBodyProducer adapters. 
 */
public abstract interface ProtobufMessageHandler {
  /**
   * @return the protobuf represention of the model
   */
  public byte[] createProtobufOutput();

  /**
   * Initialize the model from a protobuf representation.
   * @param message the raw bytes of the protobuf message
   * @return reference to self for convenience
   * @throws IOException
   */
  public ProtobufMessageHandler getObjectFromMessage(byte[] message)
    throws IOException;
}