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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.transport.codec;
+
+
+/**
+ * Encodable
+ *
+ * @author Rafael H. Schloming
+ */
+public interface Encodable
+{
+	/**
+	 * Encodes this encodable using the given encoder.
+	 * 
+	 * @param encoder the encoder.
+	 */
+    void write(Encoder encoder);
+
+    /**
+     * Decodes this encodable using the given decoder.
+     * 
+     * @param decoder the decoder.
+     */
+    void read(Decoder decoder);
+}
+\ No newline at end of file