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package org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.io.gryo.kryoshim;

import org.apache.tinkerpop.shaded.kryo.Kryo;

/**
 * A minimal {@link Kryo}-like abstraction.  See that class for method documentation.
 *
 * @param <I> this interface's complementary InputShim
 * @param <O> this interface's complementary OutputShim
 */
public interface KryoShim<I extends InputShim, O extends OutputShim> {

    public <T> T readObject(final I input, final Class<T> type);

    public Object readClassAndObject(final I input);

    public void writeObject(final O output, final Object object);

    public void writeClassAndObject(final O output, final Object object);

    public <T> T readObjectOrNull(final I input, final Class<T> type);

    public void writeObjectOrNull(final O output, final Object object, final Class type);
}
