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020package org.apache.directory.mavibot.btree.util;
021
022
023import java.io.DataInputStream;
024import java.io.DataOutputStream;
025import java.io.IOException;
026
027import org.apache.directory.mavibot.btree.Tuple;
028
029
030/**
031 * TODO TupleReaderWriter.
032 *
033 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
034 */
035public interface TupleReaderWriter<K, V>
036{
037    Tuple<K, V> readUnsortedTuple( DataInputStream in );
038
039
040    Tuple<K, V> readSortedTuple( DataInputStream in );
041
042
043    void storeSortedTuple( Tuple<K, V> t, DataOutputStream out ) throws IOException;
044}