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package org.apache.hadoop.io;
import java.io.DataOutput;
import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
/** A base class for Writables that provides version checking.
*
* This is useful when a class may evolve, so that instances written by the
* old version of the class may still be processed by the new version. To
* handle this situation, {@link #readFields(DataInput)}
* implementations should catch {@link VersionMismatchException}.
*/
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Stable
public abstract class VersionedWritable implements Writable {
/** Return the version number of the current implementation. */
public abstract byte getVersion();
// javadoc from Writable
@Override
public void write(DataOutput out) throws IOException {
out.writeByte(getVersion()); // store version
}
// javadoc from Writable
@Override
public void readFields(DataInput in) throws IOException {
byte version = in.readByte(); // read version
if (version != getVersion())
throw new VersionMismatchException(getVersion(), version);
}
}