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package org.apache.avro.generic;
import java.util.List;
/** Array that permits reuse of contained elements. */
public interface GenericArray extends List, GenericContainer {
/**
* The current content of the location where {@link #add(Object)} would next
* store an element, if any. This permits reuse of arrays and their elements
* without allocating new objects.
*/
T peek();
/** reset size counter of array to zero */
default void reset() {
clear();
}
/** clean up reusable objects from array (if reset didn't already) */
default void prune() {
}
/** Reverses the order of the elements in this array. */
void reverse();
}