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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
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+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
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+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.thrift;
+
+import org.apache.thrift.protocol.TProtocol;
+
+/**
+ * Generic base interface for generated Thrift objects.
+ *
+ */
+public interface TSerializable {
+
+ /**
+ * Reads the TObject from the given input protocol.
+ *
+ * @param iprot Input protocol
+ */
+ public void read(TProtocol iprot) throws TException;
+
+ /**
+ * Writes the objects out to the protocol
+ *
+ * @param oprot Output protocol
+ */
+ public void write(TProtocol oprot) throws TException;
+
+}