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  package org.apache.avro.reflect;
  
  import java.io.IOException;
  
  import org.apache.avro.Schema;
  import org.apache.avro.io.Decoder;
  import org.apache.avro.io.Encoder;
  
  /**
   * Expert: a custom encoder and decoder that writes an object directly to avro.
   * No validation is performed to check that the encoding conforms to the schema.
   * Invalid implementations may result in an unreadable file. The use of
   * {@link org.apache.avro.io.ValidatingEncoder} is recommended.
   *
   * @param <T> The class of objects that can be serialized with this encoder /
   *            decoder.
   */
  public abstract class CustomEncoding<T> {
  
    protected Schema schema;
  
    protected abstract void write(Object datum, Encoder out) throws IOException;
  
    protected abstract T read(Object reuse, Decoder in) throws IOException;
  
    T read(Decoder in) throws IOException {
      return this.read(null, in);
    }
  
    protected Schema getSchema() {
      return schema;
    }
  
  }
  