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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.codec;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellScanner;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseInterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.CellOutputStream;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.nio.ByteBuff;
import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;

/**
 * Encoder/Decoder for Cell.
 * <p>
 * Like {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.encoding.DataBlockEncoder} only Cell-based rather than
 * KeyValue version 1 based and without presuming an hfile context. Intent is an Interface that will
 * work for hfile and rpc.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.LimitedPrivate({ HBaseInterfaceAudience.COPROC, HBaseInterfaceAudience.PHOENIX })
public interface Codec {
  // TODO: interfacing with {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.encoding.DataBlockEncoder}
  /**
   * Call flush when done. Some encoders may not put anything on the stream until flush is called.
   * On flush, let go of any resources used by the encoder.
   */
  interface Encoder extends CellOutputStream {
  }

  /**
   * Implementations should implicitly clean up any resources allocated when the Decoder/CellScanner
   * runs off the end of the cell block. Do this rather than require the user call close explicitly.
   */
  interface Decoder extends CellScanner {
  }

  Decoder getDecoder(InputStream is);

  Decoder getDecoder(ByteBuff buf);

  Encoder getEncoder(OutputStream os);
}
