content: package net.agkn.hll.serialization;
  
  /*
   * Copyright 2013 Aggregate Knowledge, Inc.
   *
   * Licensed 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.
   */
  
  /**
   * Writes 'words' of fixed width, in sequence, to a byte array.
   *
   * @author timon
   */
  public interface IWordSerializer {
  
      /**
       * Writes the word to the backing array.
       *
       * @param  word the word to write.
       */
      void writeWord(final long word);
  
      /**
       * Returns the backing array of <code>byte</code>s that contain the serialized
       * words.
       * @return the serialized words as a <code>byte[]</code>.
       */
      byte[] getBytes();
  
  }