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18  package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile;
19  
20  import java.io.IOException;
21  import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
22  
23  import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.classification.InterfaceAudience;
24  
25  /**
26   * Interface for a deserializer. Throws an IOException if the serialized data is
27   * incomplete or wrong.
28   * */
29  @InterfaceAudience.Private
30  public interface CacheableDeserializer<T extends Cacheable> {
31    /**
32     * Returns the deserialized object.
33     *
34     * @return T the deserialized object.
35     */
36    T deserialize(ByteBuffer b) throws IOException;
37  
38    /**
39     * 
40     * @param b
41     * @param reuse true if Cacheable object can use the given buffer as its
42     *          content
43     * @return T the deserialized object.
44     * @throws IOException
45     */
46    T deserialize(ByteBuffer b, boolean reuse) throws IOException;
47  
48    /**
49     * Get the identifier of this deserialiser. Identifier is unique for each
50     * deserializer and generated by {@link CacheableDeserializerIdManager}
51     * @return identifier number of this cacheable deserializer
52     */
53    int getDeserialiserIdentifier();
54  }