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javax.rmi.CORBA

Interface ValueHandlerMultiFormat

All Superinterfaces:
ValueHandler
public interface ValueHandlerMultiFormat
extends ValueHandler
This interface extends the previous ValueHandler, supporting various stream format versions. The ValueHandler can be casted into this interface to access additional features.
Since:
1.5

Method Summary

byte
getMaximumStreamFormatVersion()
Get the maximal supported version for the value types, supported by this value handler.
void
writeValue(OutputStream output, Serializable value, byte version)
Write the value type to the output stream using the given format version.

Methods inherited from interface javax.rmi.CORBA.ValueHandler

getRMIRepositoryID, getRunTimeCodeBase, isCustomMarshaled, readValue, writeReplace, writeValue

Method Details

getMaximumStreamFormatVersion

public byte getMaximumStreamFormatVersion()
Get the maximal supported version for the value types, supported by this value handler. The versions are integer numbers, the currently valid values being 1 and 2. These two versions differ in how the additional data, stored by the writeObject method, are encoded.
  • For version 1 (GNU Classpath default), that data (if present) are written "as is".
  • For version 2, this data fragment is enclosed within a CDR custom valuetype with no codebase and repository Id "RMI:org.omg.custom." where is the fully-qualified name of the class whose writeObject method is being invoked. If the object does not write any data via writeObject method, the null valuetype (0x0) must be written.
As the version number is part of the value type record, there is no need to the format control during the reading.
Returns:
the maximal supported version.

writeValue

public void writeValue(OutputStream output,
                       Serializable value,
                       byte version)
Write the value type to the output stream using the given format version. The older method ValueHandler.writeValue(OutputStream,Serializable) always uses the version 1.
Parameters:
output - the stream, where the value should be written, must implement ValueOutputStream.
value - the value that should be written.
version - the version of the format that must be used to write the value.
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