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package org.jboss.cdi.tck.spi;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* Provides Bean related operations.
*
* The TCK porting package must provide an implementation of this interface which is suitable for the target implementation.
*
* This interface may be removed.
*
* @author Shane Bryzak
* @author Pete Muir
* @author David Allen
*
*/
public interface Beans {
public static final String PROPERTY_NAME = Beans.class.getName();
/**
* Determines if the object instance is actually a proxy object.
*
* @param instance The object which might be a proxy
* @return true if the object is a proxy
*/
public boolean isProxy(Object instance);
/**
* Passivates the object tree starting with the bean instance provided.
*
* @param instance The bean instance to serialize
* @return the serialized byte array of the bean instance
*/
public byte[] passivate(Object instance) throws IOException;
/**
* Activates a bean instance from the given serialized bytes.
*
* @param bytes The serialized byte stream of a bean instance
* @return the serialized byte array of the bean instance
*/
public Object activate(byte[] bytes) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;
}