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// Copyright (c) 2006 Dustin Sallings
package net.spy.memcached.transcoders;
import net.spy.memcached.CachedData;
/**
* Transcoder is an interface for classes that convert between byte arrays and
* objects for storage in the cache.
*/
public interface Transcoder {
/**
* Should the transcoder be run asyncronously.
*
* @return True if the CachedData should be decoded Asyncronously
*/
boolean asyncDecode(CachedData d);
/**
* Encode the given object for storage.
*
* @param o the object
* @return the CachedData representing what should be sent
*/
CachedData encode(T o);
/**
* Decode the cached object into the object it represents.
*
* @param d the data
* @return the return value
*/
T decode(CachedData d);
/**
* Get the maximum size of objects handled by this transcoder.
*/
int getMaxSize();
}