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package com.baidu.bjf.remoting.protobuf;

import java.io.IOException;

import com.google.protobuf.CodedInputStream;
import com.google.protobuf.CodedOutputStream;
import com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.Descriptor;

/**
 * Codec interface include encode and decode support.
 *
 * @author xiemalin
 * @param <T> the generic type
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
public interface Codec<T> {

    /**
     * Do byte encode action.
     *
     * @param t generic target object
     * @return encoded byte array
     * @throws IOException if target object is invalid
     */
    byte[] encode(T t) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Do decode action from byte array.
     *
     * @param bytes encoded byte array
     * @return parse byte array to target object
     * @throws IOException if byte array is invalid
     */
    T decode(byte[] bytes) throws IOException;
    
    /**
     * Calculate size of target object.
     *
     * @param t target object
     * @return size of
     * @throws IOException if target object is invalid
     */
    int size(T t) throws IOException;
    
    /**
     * Write target object to byte array.
     *
     * @param t target object
     * @param out target {@link CodedOutputStream}
     * @throws IOException if target object is invalid
     */
    void writeTo(T t, CodedOutputStream out) throws IOException;
    
    /**
     * Read object from target byte array input stream.
     *
     * @param intput target input stream object
     * @return unserialize object
     * @throws IOException if byte array is invalid
     */
    T readFrom(CodedInputStream intput) throws IOException;
    
    /**
     * Gets the descriptor.
     *
     * @return the descriptor
     * @throws IOException Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.
     */
    Descriptor getDescriptor() throws IOException;
    
}