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| |
| package com.sun.corba.se.pept.encoding; |
| |
| import java.io.IOException; |
| |
| import com.sun.corba.se.pept.protocol.MessageMediator; |
| |
| /** |
| * <p> An <code>OutputObject</code> is the interface used by the |
| * presentation block to give programming language typed data to |
| * the encoding block to be encoded and sent in a message. </p> |
| * |
| * <p> The implementation of an <code>OutputObject</code> contains the |
| * encoded data. When the presentation block gives programming language |
| * typed data to |
| * <code>OutputObject</code>, the |
| * implementation of <code>OutputObject</code> is responsible for converting |
| * that data to the encoded representation of the data for a particular |
| * encoding.</p> |
| * |
| * <p>A particular <em>encoding</em> would subclass |
| * <code>OutputObject</code>. The subclass would provide methods to set |
| * the data types appropriate to the presentation block (e.g., simple |
| * types such as int or boolean, all the way to any type derived from |
| * <code>java.io.Serializable</code>.).</p> |
| * |
| * <p>Note: the protocol block may also use the <code>OutputObject</code> to |
| * set header metadata.</p> |
| * |
| * @author Harold Carr |
| */ |
| public interface OutputObject |
| { |
| public void setMessageMediator(MessageMediator messageMediator); |
| |
| public MessageMediator getMessageMediator(); |
| |
| public void close() throws IOException; |
| } |
| |
| // End of file. |