1. /*

  2.  * @(#)CustomMarshal.java	1.15 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 org.omg.CORBA;

  9. 

  10. import org.omg.CORBA.DataOutputStream;

  11. import org.omg.CORBA.DataInputStream;

  12. 

  13. /**

  14.  * An abstract value type that is meant to 

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

  16.  * as a custom value type's implicit base class, although the custom 

  17.  * valuetype does not actually inherit it in IDL. The implementer 

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

  19.  * <tt>CustomMarshal</tt> operations. The manner in which this is done is 

  20.  * specified in the IDL to Java langauge mapping. Each custom 

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

  22.  * @see DataInputStream

  23.  */

  24. public interface CustomMarshal {

  25.     /**

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

  27.      * This is the method invoked for Marshalling.

  28.      * 

  29.      * @param os a DataOutputStream

  30.      */ 

  31.     void marshal(DataOutputStream os);

  32.     /**

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

  34.      * This is the method invoked for Unmarshalling.

  35.      * 

  36.      * @param is a DataInputStream

  37.      */ 

  38.     void unmarshal(DataInputStream is);

  39. }