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package org.apache.nifi.cluster.protocol;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * Defines a marshaller for serializing protocol messages.
 *
 * @param <T> The type of protocol message.
 *
 */
public interface ProtocolMessageMarshaller<T> {

    /**
     * Serializes the given message to the given output stream.
     *
     * @param msg a message
     * @param os an output stream
     * @throws IOException if the message could not be serialized to the stream
     */
    void marshal(T msg, OutputStream os) throws IOException;
}
