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TenIO is a java NIO (Non-blocking I/O) based server specifically designed for multiplayer games.
It supports UDP and TCP transports which are handled by Netty for high-speed network transmission.
This is the common module for multipurpose use of the framework.
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package com.tenio.common.data;
/**
* A basic collection interface for the self-definition map and array type.
*/
public interface DataCollection {
/**
* Serializes an object to its corresponding array of bytes.
*
* @return the object's array of binaries
*/
byte[] toBinary();
/**
* Retrieves the number of elements in collection.
*
* @return the collection's size
*/
int size();
}