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package org.onosproject.openstacktelemetry.api;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

/**
 * Abstraction of a codec capable for encoding/decoding arbitrary objects to/from ByteBuffer.
 */
public abstract class ByteBufferCodec<T> {

    /**
     * Encodes the specified entity into ByteBuffer.
     *
     * @param entity entity to encode
     * @return ByteBuffer
     * @throws java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the codec does not
     *                                                  support encode operations
     */
    public ByteBuffer encode(T entity) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("encode() not supported");
    }

    /**
     * Decodes the specified entity from ByteBuffer.
     *
     * @param buffer ByteBuffer to decode
     * @return decoded entity
     */
    public T decode(ByteBuffer buffer) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("decode() not supported");
    }
}