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// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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package org.refcodes.mixin;

/**
 * The {@link Bytes} interface identifies a class's instance as being a bytes
 * container (it's actual payload is binary data) which's managed bytes can be
 * retrieved via the {@link #toBytes()} method.
 */
public interface Bytes {

	/**
	 * Provides the underlying byte representation of the implementing instance.
	 * 
	 * @return The according byte array.
	 */
	byte[] toBytes();

}