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/**
 * Defines {@link org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.Coder Coders} to specify how data is encoded to and
 * decoded from byte strings.
 *
 * <p>During execution of a Pipeline, elements in a {@link org.apache.beam.sdk.values.PCollection}
 * may need to be encoded into byte strings. This happens both at the beginning and end of a
 * pipeline when data is read from and written to persistent storage and also during execution of a
 * pipeline when elements are communicated between machines.
 *
 * <p>Exactly when PCollection elements are encoded during execution depends on which {@link
 * org.apache.beam.sdk.PipelineRunner} is being used and how that runner chooses to execute the
 * pipeline. As such, Beam requires that all PCollections have an appropriate Coder in case it
 * becomes necessary. In many cases, the Coder can be inferred from the available Java type
 * information and the Pipeline's {@link org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.CoderRegistry}. It can be
 * specified per PCollection via {@link org.apache.beam.sdk.values.PCollection#setCoder(Coder)} or
 * per type using the {@link org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.DefaultCoder} annotation.
 *
 * <p>This package provides a number of coders for common types like {@code Integer}, {@code
 * String}, and {@code List}, as well as coders like {@link org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.AvroCoder}
 * that can be used to encode many custom types.
 */
@DefaultAnnotation(NonNull.class)
package org.apache.beam.sdk.coders;

import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.DefaultAnnotation;
import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull;
