ObjectInputValidation.java

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package java.io;

/**
 * A callback interface for post-deserialization checks on objects. Allows, for
 * example, the validation of a whole graph of objects after all of them have
 * been loaded.
 *
 * @see ObjectInputStream#registerValidation(ObjectInputValidation, int)
 */
public interface ObjectInputValidation {
    /**
     * Validates this object.
     *
     * @throws InvalidObjectException
     *             if this object fails to validate itself.
     */
    public void validateObject() throws InvalidObjectException;
}