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+<?php
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+namespace Google\FlatBuffers;
+
+abstract class Struct
+{
+    /**
+     * @var int $bb_pos
+     */
+    protected $bb_pos;
+
+    /**
+     * @var ByteBuffer $bb
+     */
+    protected $bb;
+
+    public function setByteBufferPos($pos)
+    {
+        $this->bb_pos = $pos;
+    }
+
+    public function setByteBuffer($bb)
+    {
+        $this->bb = $bb;
+    }
+}