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package org.apache.mahout.classifier.sgd;

import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;
import org.apache.mahout.common.ClassUtils;

import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.DataOutput;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Utilities that write a class name and then serialize using writables.
 */
public final class PolymorphicWritable {

    private PolymorphicWritable() {
    }

    public static <T extends Writable> void write(DataOutput dataOutput, T value) throws IOException {
        dataOutput.writeUTF(value.getClass().getName());
        value.write(dataOutput);
    }

    public static <T extends Writable> T read(DataInput dataInput, Class<? extends T> clazz) throws IOException {
        String className = dataInput.readUTF();
        T r = ClassUtils.instantiateAs(className, clazz);
        r.readFields(dataInput);
        return r;
    }
}