/* File: SkeletonDescriptor.java
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2003 The University of Iowa
 * Created by: Jeremy Faden <jbf@space.physics.uiowa.edu>
 *             Jessica Swanner <jessica@space.physics.uiowa.edu>
 *             Edward E. West <eew@space.physics.uiowa.edu>
 *
 * This file is part of the das2 library.
 *
 * das2 is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */

package org.das2.stream;

import org.das2.datum.DatumVector;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.util.Map;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

public interface SkeletonDescriptor {
    
    int getSizeBytes();
    
    DatumVector read(ByteBuffer input);
    
    void write(DatumVector input, ByteBuffer output);
    
    Element getDOMElement(Document document);
    
    Object clone();
    
    Object getProperty(String name);
    
    public Map getProperties();
    
}