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/*
 * Copyright © 2016 Cask Data, Inc.
 *
 * Licensed 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
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 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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 * the License.
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package co.cask.cdap.etl.batch.conversion;

import com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;

/**
 * Functions to convert common classes to their Writable equivalent and vice versa.
 *
 * @param  type of object to convert to a Writable
 * @param  the Writable type to convert to
 */
public abstract class WritableConversion {
  private final Class cls = new TypeToken(getClass()) { }.getRawType();

  public Class getWritableClass() {
    return cls;
  }

  public abstract W toWritable(T val);

  public abstract T fromWritable(W val);

}