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package alluxio.network.protocol;
import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
/**
* Represents an encoded message.
*/
public interface EncodedMessage {
/**
* Returns the number bytes for the message when it is encoded.
*
* @return the length of the encoded message, in bytes
*/
int getEncodedLength();
/**
* Encodes the message to the output {@link ByteBuf}.
*
* @param out the output ByteBuf where the message should be encoded
*/
void encode(ByteBuf out);
}