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package com.hazelcast.nio;
import com.hazelcast.nio.serialization.Data;
import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.ByteOrder;
/**
* Provides serialization methods for arrays of primitive types
*/
public interface ObjectDataInput extends DataInput, VersionAware {
/**
* @return the byte array read
* @throws IOException if it reaches end of file before finish reading
*/
byte[] readByteArray() throws IOException;
/**
* @return the boolean array read
* @throws IOException if it reaches end of file before finish reading
*/
boolean[] readBooleanArray() throws IOException;
/**
* @return the char array read
* @throws IOException if it reaches end of file before finish reading
*/
char[] readCharArray() throws IOException;
/**
* @return int array read
* @throws IOException if it reaches end of file before finish reading
*/
int[] readIntArray() throws IOException;
/**
* @return long array read
* @throws IOException if it reaches end of file before finish reading
*/
long[] readLongArray() throws IOException;
/**
* @return double array read
* @throws IOException if it reaches end of file before finish reading
*/
double[] readDoubleArray() throws IOException;
/**
* @return float array read
* @throws IOException if it reaches end of file before finish reading
*/
float[] readFloatArray() throws IOException;
/**
* @return short array read
* @throws IOException if it reaches end of file before finish reading
*/
short[] readShortArray() throws IOException;
/**
* @return String array read
* @throws IOException if it reaches end of file before finish reading
*/
String[] readUTFArray() throws IOException;
/**
* @param type of the object in array to be read
* @return object array read
* @throws IOException if it reaches end of file before finish reading
*/
T readObject() throws IOException;
/**
* Reads to stored Data as an object instead of a Data instance.
*
* The reason this method exists is that in some cases 'Data' is stored on serialization, but on deserialization the
* actual object instance is needed. Getting access to the Data is easy by calling the {@link #readData()} method. But
* deserializing the Data to an object instance is impossible because there is no reference to the
* {@link com.hazelcast.spi.serialization.SerializationService}.
*
* @param
* @return the read Object
* @throws IOException if it reaches end of file before finish reading
*/
T readDataAsObject() throws IOException;
/**
* @param type of the object in array to be read
* @param aClass The type of the class to use when reading
* @return object array read
* @throws IOException if it reaches end of file before finish reading
*/
T readObject(Class aClass) throws IOException;
/**
* @return data read
* @throws IOException if it reaches end of file before finish reading
*/
Data readData() throws IOException;
/**
* Returns class loader that internally used for objects
*
* @return classLoader
*/
ClassLoader getClassLoader();
/**
* @return ByteOrder BIG_ENDIAN or LITTLE_ENDIAN
*/
ByteOrder getByteOrder();
}