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package org.apache.qpid.server.plugin;

import org.apache.qpid.server.bytebuffer.QpidByteBuffer;
import org.apache.qpid.server.message.ServerMessage;
import org.apache.qpid.server.store.StorableMessageMetaData;
import org.apache.qpid.server.store.StoredMessage;

public interface MessageMetaDataType<M extends StorableMessageMetaData> extends Pluggable
{

    interface Factory<M extends StorableMessageMetaData>
    {
        M createMetaData(QpidByteBuffer buf);
    }

    int ordinal();

    M createMetaData(QpidByteBuffer buf);

    ServerMessage<M> createMessage(StoredMessage<M> msg);

}