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package com.sun.java.util.jar.pack;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.InputStream;

import java.io.OutputStream;

/**

 * Interface for encoding and decoding int arrays using bytewise codes.

 * @author John Rose

 */

interface CodingMethod {

    // Read and write an array of ints from/to a stream.

    public void readArrayFrom(InputStream in, int[] a, int start, int end) throws IOException;

    public void writeArrayTo(OutputStream out, int[] a, int start, int end) throws IOException;

    // how to express me in a band header?

    public byte[] getMetaCoding(Coding dflt);

}