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package org.jboss.iiop.rmi.marshal;
import org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable.InputStream;
/**
* Interface of an object that knows how to unmarshal a Java basic type or
* object from a CDR input stream. Implementations of this interface are
* specialized for particular types: an <code>IntReader</code> is a
* <code>CDRStreamReader</code> that knows how to unmarshal <code>int</code>s,
* a <code>LongReader</code> is a <code>CDRStreamReader</code> that knows how
* to unmarshal <code>long</code>s, and so on.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:reverbel@ime.usp.br">Francisco Reverbel</a>
* @version $Revision: 81018 $
*/
public interface CDRStreamReader
{
/**
* Unmarshals a Java basic data type or object from a CDR input stream.
*
* @param in the input stream
* @return a basic data type (within a suitable wrapper instance) or
* object unmarshalled from the stream
*/
Object read(InputStream in);
}