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+/*
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.qpid.amqp_1_0.codec;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public interface ValueWriter<T extends Object>
+{
+
+
+
+    public static interface Factory<V extends Object>
+    {
+        ValueWriter<V> newInstance(Registry registry);
+    }
+
+    public static interface Registry
+    {
+        public static interface Source
+        {
+            public Registry getDescribedTypeRegistry();
+        }
+
+        <V extends Object> ValueWriter<V> getValueWriter(V value);
+        <V extends Object> ValueWriter<V> getValueWriter(V value, Map<Class, ValueWriter> localCache);
+        <V extends Object> ValueWriter<V> register(Class<V> clazz, ValueWriter.Factory<V> writer);
+
+    }
+
+
+    int writeToBuffer(ByteBuffer buffer);
+
+    void setValue(T frameBody);
+
+    boolean isComplete();
+
+    boolean isCacheable();
+}