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package com.bizosys.hsearch.filter;
/**
* The interface implemented to serialize the object to byte array
*/
public interface IStorable {
/**
* Serialize to byte array
* @return byte-array
*/
byte[] toBytes();
/**
* Construct the object back from the serialized bytes.
* @param data Srialized bytes
* @param pos Location from which start reading
* @return Current Byte Position
*/
int fromBytes(byte[] data, int pos);
}