cassandra-trunk/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/io/sstable/metadata/IMetadataComponentSerializer.java
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package org.apache.cassandra.io.sstable.metadata;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.cassandra.io.sstable.format.Version;
import org.apache.cassandra.io.util.DataInputPlus;
import org.apache.cassandra.io.util.DataOutputPlus;

/**
 * Metadata component serializer
 */
public interface IMetadataComponentSerializer<T extends MetadataComponent>
{
    /**
     * Calculate and return serialized size.
     *
     *
     *
     * @param version
     * @param component MetadataComponent to calculate serialized size
     * @return serialized size of this component
     * @throws IOException
     */
    int serializedSize(Version version, T component) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Serialize metadata component to given output.
     *
     *
     *
     * @param version
     * @param component MetadataComponent to serialize
     * @param out  serialize destination
     * @throws IOException
     */
    void serialize(Version version, T component, DataOutputPlus out) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Deserialize metadata component from given input.
     *
     * @param version serialize version
     * @param in deserialize source
     * @return Deserialized component
     * @throws IOException
     */
    T deserialize(Version version, DataInputPlus in) throws IOException;
}
