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package com.db4o.marshall;
/**
* a reserved buffer within a write buffer.
* The usecase this class was written for: A null bitmap should be at the
* beginning of a slot to allow lazy processing. During writing the content
* of the null bitmap is not yet fully known until all members are processed.
* With the Reservedbuffer the space in the slot can be occupied and writing
* can happen after all members are processed.
*/
public interface ReservedBuffer {
/**
* writes a byte array to the reserved buffer.
* @param bytes the byte array.
*/
public void writeBytes(byte[] bytes);
}