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package org.apache.kahadb.util;

import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.DataOutput;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Implementation of a Marshaller for byte arrays
 * 
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public class BytesMarshaller implements Marshaller<byte[]> {

    public void writePayload(byte[] data, DataOutput dataOut) throws IOException {
        dataOut.writeInt(data.length);
        dataOut.write(data);
    }

    public byte[] readPayload(DataInput dataIn) throws IOException {
        int size = dataIn.readInt();
        byte[] data = new byte[size];
        dataIn.readFully(data);
        return data;
    }
    
    public int getFixedSize() {
        return -1;
    }

    public byte[] deepCopy(byte[] source) {
        byte []rc = new byte[source.length];
        System.arraycopy(source, 0, rc, 0, source.length);
        return rc;
    }

    public boolean isDeepCopySupported() {
        return true;
    }
}
