renamed common to hash

src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/hash/serialization/BytesInterop.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 Higher Frequency Trading
+ *
+ * http://www.higherfrequencytrading.com
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package net.openhft.chronicle.hash.serialization;
+
+import net.openhft.lang.io.Bytes;
+import net.openhft.lang.model.Byteable;
+
+/**
+ * Marshaller for byte sequences, which are copied to off-heap {@link Bytes}
+ * in a very straightforward manner, e. g. {@link Byteable Byteables}, {@code byte[]} arrays,
+ * {@code Bytes} themselves. The criterion of this interface applicability --
+ * {@link Object#equals(Object)} implementation shouldn't require deserialization and any garbage creation.
+ *
+ * @param <E> type of marshalled objects
+ */
+public interface BytesInterop<E> extends BytesWriter<E> {
+
+    boolean startsWith(Bytes bytes, E e);
+
+    long hash(E e);
+}