content: /*
   * 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
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   */
  
  package com.github.pgasync.io;
  
  import com.github.pgasync.message.Message;
  
  import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
  import java.nio.charset.Charset;
  
  /**
   * Encoder writes messages to byte buffer.
   *
   * @author Antti Laisi
   */
  public interface Encoder<T extends Message> {
  
      /**
       * @return Message class
       */
      Class<T> getMessageType();
  
      /**
       * @param msg Protocol message
       * @param buffer Target buffer
       */
      void write(T msg, ByteBuffer buffer, Charset encoding);
  
  }
  