IReader.java

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package org.merapi.internal.io.reader;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import org.merapi.messages.IMessage;

/**
 *  The <code>IReader</code> interface describes a class for reading binary data from 
 *  the org.merapi bridge.
 * 
 *  @see org.merapi.Bridge;
 *  @see org.merapi.io.AMF3Reader;
 */
public interface IReader {

    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //
    //  Methods
    //
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     *  Deserializes the binary data <code>bytes</code> and returns a the data as an Object
     */	
	ArrayList<IMessage> read( byte[] bytes ) throws Exception;
	
}