1 /*_############################################################################ 2 _## 3 _## SNMP4J - AssignableFromByteArray.java 4 _## 5 _## Copyright 2003-2007 Frank Fock and Jochen Katz (SNMP4J.org) 6 _## 7 _## Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 8 _## you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 9 _## You may obtain a copy of the License at 10 _## 11 _## http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 12 _## 13 _## Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 14 _## distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 15 _## WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 16 _## See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 17 _## limitations under the License. 18 _## 19 _##########################################################################*/ 20 21 package org.snmp4j.smi; 22 23 /** 24 * The <code>AssignableFromByteArray</code> interface describes objects whose 25 * value can be set from a byte array and converted back to a byte array. 26 * 27 * @author Frank Fock 28 * @version 1.8 29 * @since 1.7 30 */ 31 public interface AssignableFromByteArray { 32 33 /** 34 * Sets the value of this object from the supplied byte array. 35 * @param value 36 * a byte array. 37 */ 38 void setValue(byte[] value); 39 40 /** 41 * Returns the value of this object as a byte array. 42 * @return 43 * a byte array. 44 * @since 1.8 45 */ 46 byte[] toByteArray(); 47 } 48