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2 /*
3  * Copyright (c) 1998 - 2005 Versant Corporation
4  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
5  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
6  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
7  * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
8  *
9  * Contributors:
10  * Versant Corporation - initial API and implementation
11  */
12 package com.versant.core.util;
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14 import com.versant.core.common.OID;
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16 import java.io.ObjectOutput JavaDoc;
17 import java.io.IOException JavaDoc;
18
19 /**
20  * ObjectOutput with special support for writing out OIDs.
21  */
22 public interface OIDObjectOutput extends ObjectOutput JavaDoc {
23
24     /**
25      * Write out the OID with enough information so it can be read back with
26      * readOID without any supplied ClassMetaData.
27      */
28     public void write(OID oid) throws IOException JavaDoc;
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30     /**
31      * Write out the OID. If it is a NewObjectOID then the corresponding
32      * {@link OIDObjectInput#readOID(com.versant.core.metadata.ClassMetaData)}
33      * call will make sure extra instances are not created.
34      */
35     public void writeWithoutCMD(OID oid) throws IOException JavaDoc;
36 }
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