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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Cisco Systems, Inc. and others. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
+ * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ */
+package org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.access.concepts;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Verify;
+import java.io.DataInput;
+import java.io.Externalizable;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectInput;
+import java.io.ObjectOutput;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.concepts.WritableIdentifier;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.concepts.WritableObjects;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract Externalizable proxy for use with {@link Message} subclasses.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Varga
+ *
+ * @param <T> Target identifier type
+ * @param <C> Message class
+ */
+abstract class AbstractMessageProxy<T extends WritableIdentifier, C extends Message<T, C>> implements Externalizable {
+ private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+ private T target;
+ private long sequence;
+ private long retry;
+
+ protected AbstractMessageProxy() {
+ // For Externalizable
+ }
+
+ AbstractMessageProxy(final @Nonnull C message) {
+ this.target = message.getTarget();
+ this.sequence = message.getSequence();
+ this.retry = message.getRetry();
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void writeExternal(final ObjectOutput out) throws IOException {
+ target.writeTo(out);
+ WritableObjects.writeLongs(out, sequence, retry);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void readExternal(final ObjectInput in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+ target = Verify.verifyNotNull(readTarget(in));
+
+ final byte header = WritableObjects.readLongHeader(in);
+ sequence = WritableObjects.readFirstLong(in, header);
+ retry = WritableObjects.readSecondLong(in, header);
+ }
+
+ protected final Object readResolve() {
+ return Verify.verifyNotNull(createMessage(target, sequence, retry));
+ }
+
+ protected abstract @Nonnull T readTarget(@Nonnull DataInput in) throws IOException;
+ abstract @Nonnull C createMessage(@Nonnull T target, long sequence, long retry);
+}
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