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  package org.apache.avro.reflect;
  
  import java.io.IOException;
  import java.util.Date;
  
  import org.apache.avro.Schema;
  import org.apache.avro.io.Decoder;
  import org.apache.avro.io.Encoder;
  
  /**
   * This encoder/decoder writes a java.util.Date object as a long to avro and
   * reads a Date object from long. The long stores the number of milliseconds
   * since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT represented by the Date object.
   */
  public class DateAsLongEncoding extends CustomEncoding<Date> {
    {
      schema = Schema.create(Schema.Type.LONG);
      schema.addProp("CustomEncoding", "DateAsLongEncoding");
    }
  
    @Override
    protected final void write(Object datum, Encoder out) throws IOException {
      out.writeLong(((Date) datum).getTime());
    }
  
    @Override
    protected final Date read(Object reuse, Decoder in) throws IOException {
      if (reuse instanceof Date) {
        ((Date) reuse).setTime(in.readLong());
        return (Date) reuse;
      } else
        return new Date(in.readLong());
    }
  
  }
  