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#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

#import "TProtocol.h"

@protocol TBase <NSObject>

/**
 * De-serialize object from the given input protocol
 *
 * @param inProtocol protocol used for reading
 */
-(BOOL) read:(id <TProtocol>)inProtocol error:(NSError **)error;

/**
 * Serialize object to the given protocol
 *
 * @param outProtocol output protocol used for writing
 */
-(BOOL) write:(id <TProtocol>)outProtocol error:(NSError **)error;


/**
 * Validate required fields
 */
-(BOOL) validate:(NSError *__autoreleasing *)__thriftError;

@end