/*
* Copyright 2010 Paula Gearon.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package org.mulgara.util.io;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
/**
* A serializable object with a fixed length
* @author Paula Gearon
*/
public interface FixedLengthSerializable extends Serializable {
/** Returns the length of the data after serializing */
public int getSize();
/** Write the contents of this object into the buffer */
public ByteBuffer writeTo(ByteBuffer data);
/** Overwrite the contents of this object with the data in the buffer */
public FixedLengthSerializable readFrom(ByteBuffer data);
}