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030package org.openimaj.io.wrappers;
031
032import java.io.DataInput;
033import java.io.IOException;
034import java.util.List;
035
036import org.openimaj.io.ReadableBinary;
037
038/**
039 * A wrapper for {@link List} that is readable.
040 * 
041 * @author Jonathon Hare (jsh2@ecs.soton.ac.uk)
042 *
043 * @param <V> The type of the elements of the list.
044 */
045public abstract class ReadableArrayBinary<V> implements ReadableBinary {
046        /**
047         * The underlying list
048         */
049        public V[] value;
050        
051        /**
052         * Construct with a backing list
053         * @param list the backing list
054         */
055        public ReadableArrayBinary(V[] list) {
056                this.value = list;
057        }
058        
059        @Override
060        public void readBinary(DataInput in) throws IOException {
061                
062                int sz = in.readInt();
063                if(this.value == null) this.value = createEmpty(sz);
064                
065                for (int i=0; i<sz; i++) {
066                        value[i] = readValue(in);
067                }
068        }
069
070        protected abstract V readValue(DataInput in) throws IOException;
071        protected abstract V[] createEmpty(int sz) throws IOException;
072
073        @Override
074        public byte[] binaryHeader() {
075                return value.getClass().getName().getBytes();
076        }
077}