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  package org.apache.avro.generic;
  
  import java.util.List;
  
  /** Array that permits reuse of contained elements. */
  public interface GenericArray<T> extends List<T>, GenericContainer {
    /**
     * The current content of the location where {@link #add(Object)} would next
     * store an element, if any. This permits reuse of arrays and their elements
     * without allocating new objects.
     */
    T peek();
  
    /** reset size counter of array to zero */
    default void reset() {
      clear();
    }
  
    /** clean up reusable objects from array (if reset didn't already) */
    default void prune() {
    }
  
    /** Reverses the order of the elements in this array. */
    void reverse();
  }
  