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19  
20  package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest;
21  
22  import java.io.IOException;
23  
24  import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.classification.InterfaceAudience;
25  
26  /**
27   * Common interface for models capable of supporting protobuf marshalling
28   * and unmarshalling. Hooks up to the ProtobufMessageBodyConsumer and
29   * ProtobufMessageBodyProducer adapters. 
30   */
31  @InterfaceAudience.Private
32  public interface ProtobufMessageHandler {
33    /**
34     * @return the protobuf represention of the model
35     */
36    byte[] createProtobufOutput();
37  
38    /**
39     * Initialize the model from a protobuf representation.
40     * @param message the raw bytes of the protobuf message
41     * @return reference to self for convenience
42     * @throws IOException
43     */
44    ProtobufMessageHandler getObjectFromMessage(byte[] message)
45      throws IOException;
46  }