/*
 *  Player Java Client 3 - XdrAble.java
 *  Copyright (C) 2002-2006 Radu Bogdan Rusu, Maxim Batalin
 *
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/*
 * Copyright (c) 1999, 2000
 * Lehrstuhl fuer Prozessleittechnik (PLT), RWTH Aachen
 * D-52064 Aachen, Germany.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
 * License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Library General Public License for more details.
 *
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 * License along with this program (see the file COPYING.LIB for more
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 */

package javaclient3.xdr;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Defines the interface for all classes that should be able to be
 * serialized into XDR streams, and deserialized or constructed from
 * XDR streams.
 *
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$ $State$ $Locker$
 * @author Harald Albrecht
 */
public interface XdrAble {

    /**
     * Encodes -- that is: serializes -- an object into a XDR stream in
     * compliance to RFC 1832.
     *
     * @param xdr XDR stream to which information is sent for encoding.
     *
     * @throws OncRpcException if an ONC/RPC error occurs.
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    public abstract void xdrEncode(XdrEncodingStream xdr)
           throws OncRpcException, IOException;

    /**
     * Decodes -- that is: deserializes -- an object from a XDR stream in
     * compliance to RFC 1832.
     *
     * @param xdr XDR stream from which decoded information is retrieved.
     *
     * @throws OncRpcException if an ONC/RPC error occurs.
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    public abstract void xdrDecode(XdrDecodingStream xdr)
           throws OncRpcException, IOException;

}

// End of XdrAble.java