package org.omg.IOP;
/**
* org/omg/IOP/Codec.java .
* Generated by the IDL-to-Java compiler (portable), version "3.2"
* from ../../../../src/share/classes/org/omg/PortableInterceptor/IOP.idl
* Friday, May 25, 2007 3:39:55 o'clock PM GMT-05:00
*/
/**
* The formats of IOR components and service context data used by ORB
* services are often defined as CDR encapsulations encoding instances
* of IDL defined data types. The <code>Codec</code> provides a mechanism
* to transfer these components between their IDL data types and their CDR
* encapsulation representations.
* <p>
* A <code>Codec</code> is obtained from the <code>CodecFactory</code>.
* The <code>CodecFactory</code> is obtained through a call to
* <code>ORB.resolve_initial_references( "CodecFactory" )</code>.
*/
public interface Codec extends CodecOperations, org.omg.CORBA.Object, org.omg.CORBA.portable.IDLEntity
{
} // interface Codec