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package org.apache.kafka.common.protocol;

import org.apache.kafka.common.protocol.types.RawTaggedField;
import org.apache.kafka.common.protocol.types.Struct;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * An object that can serialize itself.  The serialization protocol is versioned.
 * Messages also implement toString, equals, and hashCode.
 */
public interface Message {
    /**
     * Returns the lowest supported API key of this message, inclusive.
     */
    short lowestSupportedVersion();

    /**
     * Returns the highest supported API key of this message, inclusive.
     */
    short highestSupportedVersion();

    /**
     * Returns the number of bytes it would take to write out this message.
     *
     * @param cache         The serialization size cache to populate.
     * @param version       The version to use.
     *
     * @throws {@see org.apache.kafka.common.errors.UnsupportedVersionException}
     *                      If the specified version is too new to be supported
     *                      by this software.
     */
    int size(ObjectSerializationCache cache, short version);

    /**
     * Writes out this message to the given Writable.
     *
     * @param writable      The destination writable.
     * @param cache         The object serialization cache to use.  You must have
     *                      previously populated the size cache using #{Message#size()}.
     * @param version       The version to use.
     *
     * @throws {@see org.apache.kafka.common.errors.UnsupportedVersionException}
     *                      If the specified version is too new to be supported
     *                      by this software.
     */
    void write(Writable writable, ObjectSerializationCache cache, short version);

    /**
     * Reads this message from the given Readable.  This will overwrite all
     * relevant fields with information from the byte buffer.
     *
     * @param readable      The source readable.
     * @param version       The version to use.
     *
     * @throws {@see org.apache.kafka.common.errors.UnsupportedVersionException}
     *                      If the specified version is too new to be supported
     *                      by this software.
     */
    void read(Readable readable, short version);

    /**
     * Reads this message from the a Struct object.  This will overwrite all
     * relevant fields with information from the Struct.
     *
     * @param struct        The source struct.
     * @param version       The version to use.
     */
    void fromStruct(Struct struct, short version);

    /**
     * Writes out this message to a Struct.
     *
     * @param version       The version to use.
     *
     * @throws {@see org.apache.kafka.common.errors.UnsupportedVersionException}
     *                      If the specified version is too new to be supported
     *                      by this software.
     */
    Struct toStruct(short version);

    /**
     * Returns a list of tagged fields which this software can't understand.
     *
     * @return              The raw tagged fields.
     */
    List unknownTaggedFields();
}