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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.codec;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellScanner;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.CellOutputStream;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.encoding.DataBlockEncoder;

/**
 * Encoder/Decoder for Cell.
 *
 * <p>Like {@link 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.Private
public interface Codec {
  // TODO: interfacing with {@link 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);
  Encoder getEncoder(OutputStream os);
}
