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package org.apache.avro.reflect;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;

import org.apache.avro.io.Decoder;
import org.apache.avro.io.Encoder;

abstract class FieldAccessor {
  FieldAccessor() {
  }

  protected abstract Object get(Object object) throws IllegalAccessException;

  protected abstract void set(Object object, Object value)
      throws IllegalAccessException, IOException;

  protected void read(Object object, Decoder in) throws IOException {
  }

  protected void write(Object object, Encoder out) throws IOException {
  }

  protected boolean supportsIO() {
    return false;
  }
  
  protected abstract Field getField();
  
  protected boolean isStringable() {
    return false;
  }
  
  protected boolean isCustomEncoded() {
    return false;
  }
  
}
