001/* Streamable.java --
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037
038
039package org.omg.CORBA.portable;
040
041import org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode;
042
043/**
044 * The base class for the Holder classess of IDL types.
045 *
046 * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
047 */
048public interface Streamable
049{
050  /**
051   * Fill in the value field for this holder by reading the required data
052   * from the given stream.
053   *
054   * @param input the input stream to read from.
055   */
056  void _read(InputStream input);
057
058  /**
059   * Returns the TypeCode, corresponding the CORBA type that is stored
060   * using this holder.
061   */
062  TypeCode _type();
063
064  /**
065   * Write the value field to the given stream.
066   *
067   * @param output the output stream to write into.
068   */
069  void _write(OutputStream output);
070}