WritableObject (yangtools-docs 6.0.9 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

WritableIdentifier

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractQName, BiMapYangNamespaceContext, DatastoreIdentifier, MountPointIdentifier, ObjectIdentifier, QName, QNameModule, QualifiedQName, UnqualifiedQName
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@Beta
public interface WritableObject
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Marker interface for an object which can be written out to an DataOutput. Classes implementing this interface should declare a corresponding
```
      public static CLASS readFrom(DataInput in) throws IOException;
 
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The serialization format provided by this abstraction does not guarantee versioning. Callers are responsible for ensuring the source stream is correctly positioned.
Author:

Robert Varga

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`writeTo(@NonNull DataOutput out)`	Serialize this object into a `DataOutput` as a fixed-format stream.

- Method Detail
  - writeTo
```
void writeTo(@NonNull DataOutput out)
      throws IOException
```
    Serialize this object into a DataOutput as a fixed-format stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    out - Data output
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if an I/O error occurs
    
    NullPointerException - if out is null