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+// Copyright 2016 Yahoo Inc. Licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE in the project root.
+package com.yahoo.slime;
+
+/**
+ * Helper interface for inserting values into any of the container
+ * classes (ArrayValue, ObjectValue, or Slime).  May be useful for
+ * deserializers where you can use it to decouple the actual value
+ * decoding from the container where the value should be inserted.
+ **/
+interface Inserter {
+    Cursor insertNIX();
+    Cursor insertBOOL(boolean value);
+    Cursor insertLONG(long value);
+    Cursor insertDOUBLE(double value);
+    Cursor insertSTRING(String value);
+    Cursor insertSTRING(byte[] utf8);
+    Cursor insertDATA(byte[] value);
+    Cursor insertARRAY();
+    Cursor insertOBJECT();
+}