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package org.apache.reef.wake.avro;

import org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificRecord;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;

/**
 * Base interface for Avro message serializer objects.
 */
public interface IMessageSerializer {
  /**
   * Deserialize messages of type TMessage from input outputStream.
   * @param outputStream A ByteArrayOutputStream where the message to
   *                     be serialized will be written.
   * @param message An Avro message class which implements the Avro SpcificRecord interface.
   * @param sequence The numerical position of the message in the outgoing message stream.
   * @throws IOException An error occurred writing the message to the outputStream.
   */
  void serialize(ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream, SpecificRecord message, long sequence)
    throws IOException;
}