1. /*

  2.  * @(#)CopierManager.java	1.5 03/12/19

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

  5.  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.

  6.  */

  7. 

  8. package com.sun.corba.se.spi.copyobject ;

  9. 

  10. /** Manager of ObjectCopier implementations used to support javax.rmi.CORBA.Util.copyObject(s).

  11.  * This provides simple methods for registering all supported ObjectCopier factories. 

  12.  * A default copier is also supported, for use in contexts where no specific copier id

  13.  * is available.

  14.  */

  15. public interface CopierManager

  16. {

  17.     /** Set the Id of the copier to use if no other copier has been set.

  18.      */

  19.     void setDefaultId( int id ) ;

  20. 

  21.     /** Return the copier for the default copier id.  Throws a BAD_PARAM exception

  22.      * if no default copier id has been set.

  23.      */

  24.     int getDefaultId() ;

  25. 

  26.     ObjectCopierFactory getObjectCopierFactory( int id ) ;

  27. 

  28.     ObjectCopierFactory getDefaultObjectCopierFactory() ;

  29. 

  30.     /** Register an ObjectCopierFactory under a particular id.  This can be retrieved

  31.      * later by getObjectCopierFactory.

  32.      */

  33.     void registerObjectCopierFactory( ObjectCopierFactory factory, int id ) ;

  34. }