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package ghidra.app.util.bin;

import java.io.IOException;

import ghidra.util.DataConverter;

/**
 * An interface to convert from a object to a
 * byte array.
 * 
 */
public interface ByteArrayConverter {
	/**
	 * Returns a byte array representing this implementor
	 * of this interface.
	 * @param dc the data converter to use
	 * @return a byte array representing this object
	 * @throws IOException if an IO-related error occurs
	 */
	public byte [] toBytes(DataConverter dc) throws IOException;
}
