| J. Duke | 319a3b9 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | /* |
| 2 | * Copyright 1996-1999 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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| 25 | |
| 26 | package java.io; |
| 27 | |
| 28 | /** |
| 29 | * Callback interface to allow validation of objects within a graph. |
| 30 | * Allows an object to be called when a complete graph of objects has |
| 31 | * been deserialized. |
| 32 | * |
| 33 | * @author unascribed |
| 34 | * @see ObjectInputStream |
| 35 | * @see ObjectInputStream#registerValidation(java.io.ObjectInputValidation, int) |
| 36 | * @since JDK1.1 |
| 37 | */ |
| 38 | public interface ObjectInputValidation { |
| 39 | /** |
| 40 | * Validates the object. |
| 41 | * |
| 42 | * @exception InvalidObjectException If the object cannot validate itself. |
| 43 | */ |
| 44 | public void validateObject() throws InvalidObjectException; |
| 45 | } |