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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;

namespace Avro.IO
{
    public interface Encoder
    {
        void WriteNull();
        void WriteBoolean(bool value);
        void WriteInt(int value);
        void WriteLong(long value);
        void WriteFloat(float value);
        void WriteDouble(double value);
        void WriteBytes(byte[] value);
        void WriteString(string value);

        void WriteEnum(int value);

        void SetItemCount(long value);
        void StartItem();
        
        void WriteArrayStart();
        void WriteArrayEnd();

        void WriteMapStart();
        void WriteMapEnd();

        void WriteUnionIndex(int value);
        void WriteFixed(byte[] data);
        void WriteFixed(byte[] data, int start, int len);
    }
}