Streamable


1   /*
2    * JORAM: Java(TM) Open Reliable Asynchronous Messaging
3    * Copyright (C) 2006 ScalAgent Distributed Technologies
4    *
5    * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6    * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7    * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8    * version 2.1 of the License, or any later version.
9    * 
10   * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11   * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12   * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
13   * Lesser General Public License for more details.
14   * 
15   * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16   * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
17   * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307
18   * USA.
19   *
20   * Initial developer(s): ScalAgent Distributed Technologies
21   * Contributor(s): 
22   */
23  package org.objectweb.joram.shared.stream;
24  
25  import java.io.InputStream  ;
26  import java.io.OutputStream  ;
27  import java.io.IOException  ;
28  
29  /**
30   * This interface allows to read/write the content of an object on a IO stream.
31   */
32  public interface Streamable {
33    /**
34     *  The object implements the writeTo method to write its contents to
35     * the output stream.
36     *
37     * @param os the stream to write the object to
38     */
39    public void writeTo(OutputStream   os) throws IOException  ;
40  
41    /**
42     *  The object implements the readFrom method to restore its contents from
43     * the input stream.
44     *
45     * @param is the stream to read data from in order to restore the object
46     */
47    public void readFrom(InputStream   is) throws IOException  ;
48  }
49

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