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package org.onosproject.bgpio.types;

import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;

/**
 * Abstraction which Provides the BGP of TLV format.
 */
public interface BgpValueType {
    /**
     * Returns the Type of BGP Message.
     *
     * @return short value of type
     */
    short getType();

    /**
     * Writes the byte Stream of BGP Message to channel buffer.
     *
     * @param cb channel buffer
     * @return length written to channel buffer
     */
    int write(ChannelBuffer cb);

    /**
     * Compares two objects.
     *
     * @param o object
     * @return result after comparing two objects
     */
    int compareTo(Object o);
}