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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
   * @throws TException if there is an error reading from iprot
   */
  void read(TProtocol iprot) throws TException;

  /**
   * Writes the objects out to the protocol
   *
   * @param oprot Output protocol
   * @throws TException if there is an error writing to oprot
   */
  void write(TProtocol oprot) throws TException;
}
