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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.codec;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;

/**
 * TODO javadoc
 */

@InterfaceAudience.Private
public abstract class BaseEncoder implements Codec.Encoder {
  protected final OutputStream out;
  // This encoder is 'done' once flush has been called.
  protected boolean flushed = false;

  public BaseEncoder(final OutputStream out) {
    this.out = out;
  }

  @Override
  public abstract void write(Cell cell) throws IOException;

  protected void checkFlushed() throws CodecException {
    if (this.flushed) throw new CodecException("Flushed; done");
  }

  @Override
  public void flush() throws IOException {
    if (this.flushed) return;
    this.flushed = true;
    this.out.flush();
  }
}