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24: */
25: /*
26: * Licensed Materials - Property of IBM
27: * RMI-IIOP v1.0
28: * Copyright IBM Corp. 1998 1999 All Rights Reserved
29: *
30: */
31:
32: package org.omg.CORBA.portable;
33:
34: import java.io.Serializable;
35:
36: /**
37: * The ValueFactory interface is the native mapping for the IDL
38: * type CORBA::ValueFactory. The read_value() method is called by
39: * the ORB runtime while in the process of unmarshaling a value type.
40: * A user shall implement this method as part of implementing a type
41: * specific value factory. In the implementation, the user shall call
42: * is.read_value(java.io.Serializable) with a uninitialized valuetype
43: * to use for unmarshaling. The value returned by the stream is
44: * the same value passed in, with all the data unmarshaled.
45: * @see org.omg.CORBA_2_3.ORB
46: */
47:
48: public interface ValueFactory {
49: /**
50: * Is called by
51: * the ORB runtime while in the process of unmarshaling a value type.
52: * A user shall implement this method as part of implementing a type
53: * specific value factory.
54: * @param is an InputStream object--from which the value will be read.
55: * @return a Serializable object--the value read off of "is" Input stream.
56: */
57: Serializable read_value(org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable.InputStream is);
58: }
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