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package com.github.ggrandes.kvstore.holders;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

/**
 * Basic Holder for data (int, long,...)
 * 
 * @param <T>
 * 
 * @author Guillermo Grandes / guillermo.grandes[at]gmail.com
 */
public abstract class DataHolder<T> implements Comparable<T>, HolderSerializable<T> {

	// ========= Basic Object methods =========

	@Override
	abstract public String toString();

	@Override
	abstract public int hashCode();

	// ========= Comparable =========

	@Override
	abstract public boolean equals(final Object obj);

	@Override
	abstract public int compareTo(final T another);

	// ========= Serialization =========

	@Override
	abstract public int byteLength();

	@Override
	abstract public void serialize(final ByteBuffer buf);

	@Override
	abstract public T deserialize(final ByteBuffer buf);

}