Source for org.omg.CORBA.portable.Streamable

   1: /* Streamable.java --
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  37: 
  38: 
  39: package org.omg.CORBA.portable;
  40: 
  41: import org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode;
  42: 
  43: /**
  44:  * The base class for the Holder classess of IDL types.
  45:  *
  46:  * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
  47:  */
  48: public interface Streamable
  49: {
  50:   /**
  51:    * Fill in the value field for this holder by reading the required data
  52:    * from the given stream.
  53:    *
  54:    * @param input the input stream to read from.
  55:    */
  56:   void _read(InputStream input);
  57: 
  58:   /**
  59:    * Returns the TypeCode, corresponding the CORBA type that is stored
  60:    * using this holder.
  61:    */
  62:   TypeCode _type();
  63: 
  64:   /**
  65:    * Write the value field to the given stream.
  66:    *
  67:    * @param output the output stream to write into.
  68:    */
  69:   void _write(OutputStream output);
  70: }