01: /*
02: * Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Caucho Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.
03: *
04: * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
05: *
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09: *
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11: * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
12: *
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18: * 3. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, if
19: * any, must include the following acknowlegement:
20: * "This product includes software developed by the
21: * Caucho Technology (http://www.caucho.com/)."
22: * Alternately, this acknowlegement may appear in the software itself,
23: * if and wherever such third-party acknowlegements normally appear.
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45: *
46: * @author Scott Ferguson
47: */
48:
49: package com.caucho.hessian.io;
50:
51: import java.io.IOException;
52:
53: /**
54: * Deserializing an object.
55: */
56: public interface Deserializer {
57: public Class getType();
58:
59: public Object readObject(AbstractHessianInput in)
60: throws IOException;
61:
62: public Object readList(AbstractHessianInput in, int length)
63: throws IOException;
64:
65: public Object readLengthList(AbstractHessianInput in, int length)
66: throws IOException;
67:
68: public Object readMap(AbstractHessianInput in) throws IOException;
69:
70: public Object readObject(AbstractHessianInput in,
71: String[] fieldNames) throws IOException;
72: }
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