1. /*

  2.  * %W% %E%

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 1997-2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  5.  * 

  6.  * This software is the proprietary information of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  

  7.  * Use is subject to license terms.

  8.  * 

  9.  */

  10. 

  11. package org.omg.CORBA;

  12. 

  13. import org.omg.CORBA.DataOutputStream;

  14. import org.omg.CORBA.DataInputStream;

  15. 

  16. /**

  17.  * The CustomMarshal is an abstract value type that is meant to 

  18.  * be used by the ORB, not the user. Semantically it is treated 

  19.  * as a custom valuetype's implicit base class, although the custom 

  20.  * valutype does not actually inherit it in IDL. The implementer 

  21.  * of a custom value type shall provide an implementation of the 

  22.  * CustomMarshal operations. The manner in which this is done is 

  23.  * specified in the IDL to Java langague mapping. Each custom 

  24.  * marshaled value type shall have its own implementation.

  25.  * @see DataOuputStream

  26.  * @see DataInputStream

  27.  */

  28. public interface CustomMarshal {

  29.     /**

  30.      * Marshal method has to be implemented by the Customized Marshal class

  31.      * This is the method invoked for Marshalling.

  32.      * 

  33.      * @param os a DataOutputStream

  34.      */ 

  35.     void marshal(DataOutputStream os);

  36.     /**

  37.      * Unmarshal method has to be implemented by the Customized Marshal class

  38.      * This is the method invoked for Unmarshalling.

  39.      * 

  40.      * @param is a DataInputStream

  41.      */ 

  42.     void unmarshal(DataInputStream is);

  43. }