/*
 * @(#)ORBVersion.java	1.10 03/12/19
 *
 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package com.sun.corba.se.spi.orb ;

import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream ;

public interface ORBVersion extends Comparable 
{
    byte FOREIGN = 0 ;		// ORB from another vendor
    byte OLD = 1 ;		// JDK 1.3.0 or earlier
    byte NEW = 2 ;		// JDK 1.3.1 FCS
    byte JDK1_3_1_01 = 3;	// JDK1_3_1_01 patch
    byte NEWER = 10 ;		// JDK 1.4.x 
    byte PEORB = 20 ;		// PEORB in JDK 1.5, S1AS 8, J2EE 1.4

    byte getORBType() ;

    void write( OutputStream os ) ;

    public boolean lessThan( ORBVersion version ) ;
}