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+#region Copyright notice and license
+
+// Copyright 2018 The gRPC Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#endregion
+
+namespace Grpc.Core
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Provides storage for payload when serializing a message.
+    /// </summary>
+    public abstract class SerializationContext
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Use the byte array as serialized form of current message and mark serialization process as complete.
+        /// Complete() can only be called once. By calling this method the caller gives up the ownership of the
+        /// payload which must not be accessed afterwards.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="payload">the serialized form of current message</param>
+        public abstract void Complete(byte[] payload);
+    }
+}