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20 package org.apache.directory.server.core.avltree;
21
22
23 import java.io.IOException;
24
25
26 /**
27 *
28 * An interface to marshall/unmarshal the AVLTree keys.
29 *
30 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
31 */
32 public interface Marshaller<E>
33 {
34 byte[] serialize( E object ) throws IOException;
35
36
37 E deserialize( byte[] bytes ) throws IOException;
38 }