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  package org.apache.activemq.store.kahadb.disk.util;
  
  /**
   * Convenience base class for Marshaller implementations which do not deepCopy and
   * which use variable size encodings.
   * 
   * @author chirino
   * @param <T>
   */
  abstract public class VariableMarshaller<T> implements Marshaller<T> {
  
      public int getFixedSize() {
          return -1;
      }
  
      public boolean isDeepCopySupported() {
          return false;
      }
  
      public T deepCopy(T source) {
          throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
      }
  
  }
  