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019package org.apache.reef.io.network.impl;
020
021import org.apache.reef.wake.remote.Codec;
022
023import java.io.DataInputStream;
024import java.io.DataOutputStream;
025
026/**
027 * A codec that can make serialization more efficient when an object has to be.
028 * codec'ed through a chain of codecs
029 */
030public interface StreamingCodec<T> extends Codec<T> {
031
032  void encodeToStream(T obj, DataOutputStream stream);
033
034  T decodeFromStream(DataInputStream stream);
035}