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package io.protostuff.runtime;

import java.io.IOException;

import io.protostuff.Input;
import io.protostuff.Schema;
import io.protostuff.Tag;
import io.protostuff.WireFormat.FieldType;

/**
 * A runtime field w/c represents an abstract class, interface or a base type with many possible subclasses.
 * 
 * The type metadata is written for the deserializer to know the actual/exact schema to use upon deserialization.
 * 

 * Limitations: The number of fields are limited to 126 (127 is the usual limit anyway). The order of the fields being
 * written must be preserved. It will not work if the message serialized is coming from the browser since the fields
 * will most likey be out-of-order (unless you have control of the json serialization).
 * 
 * @author David Yu
 * @created Jan 16, 2011
 */
abstract class RuntimeDerivativeField extends Field
{

    /**
     * The schema of the polymorphic pojo.
     */
    public final DerivativeSchema schema;

    /**
     * The class of the message field.
     */
    public final Class