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package com.sun.corba.se.spi.copyobject ;
/** Manager of ObjectCopier implementations used to support javax.rmi.CORBA.Util.copyObject(s).
* This provides simple methods for registering all supported ObjectCopier factories.
* A default copier is also supported, for use in contexts where no specific copier id
* is available.
*/
public interface CopierManager
{
/** Set the Id of the copier to use if no other copier has been set.
*/
void setDefaultId( int id ) ;
/** Return the copier for the default copier id. Throws a BAD_PARAM exception
* if no default copier id has been set.
*/
int getDefaultId() ;
ObjectCopierFactory getObjectCopierFactory( int id ) ;
ObjectCopierFactory getDefaultObjectCopierFactory() ;
/** Register an ObjectCopierFactory under a particular id. This can be retrieved
* later by getObjectCopierFactory.
*/
void registerObjectCopierFactory( ObjectCopierFactory factory, int id ) ;
}