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Chronicle-Map/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);
}