01: package org.mandarax.jdbc.rpc;
02:
03: /*
04: * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 <a href="mailto:mandarax@jbdietrich.com">Jens Dietrich</a>
05: *
06: * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
07: * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
08: * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
09: * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10: *
11: * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14: * Lesser General Public License for more details.
15: *
16: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
17: * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
18: * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
19: */
20:
21: import java.io.*;
22:
23: /**
24: * Serializer/deserializer for calls and call results.
25: * @author <A HREF="mailto:mandarax@jbdietrich.com">Jens Dietrich</A>
26: * @version 3.3.2 <29 December 2004>
27: * @since 3.0
28: */
29: public interface Serializer {
30: /**
31: * Serialize an object (call or call result).
32: * @param obj an object
33: * @param out an output stream
34: */
35: public void write(Object obj, OutputStream out) throws IOException;
36:
37: /**
38: * Deserialize an object (call or call result).
39: * @param in an input stream
40: * @return an object
41: */
42: public Object read(InputStream in) throws IOException;
43:
44: /**
45: * Get the content type of the serialized data.
46: * @return a content type.
47: */
48: public String getContentType();
49:
50: }
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