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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);
}