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package org.apache.avro.reflect;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.avro.Schema;
import org.apache.avro.io.Decoder;
import org.apache.avro.io.Encoder;

Expert: a custom encoder and decoder that writes an object directly to avro. No validation is performed to check that the encoding conforms to the schema. Invalid implementations may result in an unreadable file. The use of ValidatingEncoder is recommended. 
Type parameters:
<T> – The class of objects that can be serialized with this encoder /
       decoder./**
 * Expert: a custom encoder and decoder that writes an object directly to avro.
 * No validation is performed to check that the encoding conforms to the schema.
 * Invalid implementations may result in an unreadable file. The use of
 * {@link org.apache.avro.io.ValidatingEncoder} is recommended.
 *
 * @param <T> The class of objects that can be serialized with this encoder /
 *        decoder.
 */
public abstract class CustomEncoding<T> {

  protected Schema schema;

  protected abstract void write(Object datum, Encoder out) throws IOException;

  protected abstract T read(Object reuse, Decoder in) throws IOException;

  T read(Decoder in) throws IOException {
    return this.read(null, in);
  }

  protected Schema getSchema() {
    return schema;
  }

}