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22 package org.jboss.iiop.rmi.marshal;
23
24 import org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable.InputStream JavaDoc;
25
26 /**
27  * Interface of an object that knows how to unmarshal a Java basic type or
28  * object from a CDR input stream. Implementations of this interface are
29  * specialized for particular types: an <code>IntReader</code> is a
30  * <code>CDRStreamReader</code> that knows how to unmarshal <code>int</code>s,
31  * a <code>LongReader</code> is a <code>CDRStreamReader</code> that knows how
32  * to unmarshal <code>long</code>s, and so on.
33  *
34  * @author <a HREF="mailto:reverbel@ime.usp.br">Francisco Reverbel</a>
35  * @version $Revision: 37459 $
36  */

37 public interface CDRStreamReader
38 {
39    /**
40     * Unmarshals a Java basic data type or object from a CDR input stream.
41     *
42     * @param in the input stream
43     * @return a basic data type (within a suitable wrapper instance) or
44     * object unmarshalled from the stream
45     */

46    Object JavaDoc read(InputStream JavaDoc in);
47 }
48
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