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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.
+ *
+ */
+using Apache.Qpid.Buffer;
+
+namespace Apache.Qpid.Framing
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// An IBody is contained within a top level frame. As such, it is not en/decodable on its own but
+    /// is decoded as a step within a the overall en/decoding process.
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface IBody
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the type. See RFC 006 for the meaning of "type" in this context.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The type.</value>
+        byte BodyType
+        {
+            get;
+        }
+    
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get the size of the body
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The size in bytes.</value>         
+        uint Size
+        {
+            get;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Writes this instance to a buffer.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="buffer">The buffer.</param>
+        void WritePayload(ByteBuffer buffer);
+    
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Populates this instance from a buffer of data.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="buffer">The buffer.</param>
+        /// <param name="size">The size.</param>
+        /// <exception cref="AMQFrameDecodingException">If the buffer contains data that cannot be decoded</exception>
+        void PopulateFromBuffer(ByteBuffer buffer, uint size);
+    }
+}