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package com.google.devtools.build.android;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * Represents the value associated with DataKey interface for resource and asset values.
 *
 * A DataValue is either an android resource or asset derived from a Path.
 */
public interface DataValue {

  /**
   * Provides the DataSource, which contains metadata about the original xml it was derived from.
   */
  DataSource source();

  /**
   * Serializes to a supplied stream and returns the number of bytes written.
   */
  int serializeTo(
      DataKey key, DataSourceTable sourceTable, OutputStream output) throws IOException;
  
  DataValue update(DataSource source);

  /** Provides a representation of the value suitable for a conflict message. */
  String asConflictString();

  /**
   * Ignores metadata in the DataValue object and returns true if the value properties are
   * equivalent to another given DataValue object
   */
  boolean valueEquals(DataValue value);
}
