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  // Copyright (C) 2014 Michael Hohl <http://www.michaelhohl.net/>
  //
  // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated
  // documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
  // rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
  // permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
  //
  // The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
  // Software.
  //
  // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
  // WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS
  // OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
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  //
  
  #ifdef __OBJC__
  #import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
  #endif
  
  /**
   * Protocol which allows any implementation to get serialized to a file or a network stream.
   *
   * @discussion The decision against using NSCoding is because NSCoding is designed to store data in Apples
   *             non-portable PLIST format. MIHCoding is designed to store data in exchangable OpenSSL formats.
   *
   * @author <a href="http://www.michaelhohl.net/">Michael Hohl</a>
   */
  @protocol MIHCoding <NSObject>
  
  /**
   * Initilises a new object from a binary representation.
   * 
   * @param dataValue NSData which contains the binary representation.
   * 
   * @return The newly-created instance.
   */
  - (id)initWithData:(NSData *)dataValue;
  
  /**
   * @return Binary representation of the object.
   */
  - (NSData*)dataValue;
  
  @end
  