foundations/foundation-protobuf/src/main/java/io/protostuff/SchemaReader.java

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//Copyright 2007-2009 David Yu dyuproject@gmail.com
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package io.protostuff;

import java.io.IOException;

public interface SchemaReader<T> {
  /**
   * Creates the message/object tied to this schema.
   */
  default T newMessage() {
    return null;
  }

  void mergeFrom(InputEx input, T message) throws IOException;
}