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package org.jboss.com.sun.corba.se.pept.encoding;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.jboss.com.sun.corba.se.pept.protocol.MessageMediator;
/**
* <p>
* An <code>InputObject</code> is the interface used by the presentation block to get programming language typed data
* from data encoded in a message.
* </p>
*
* <p>
* The implementation of an <code>InputObject</code> contains the encoded data. When the presentation block asks for
* data the implementation of <code>InputObject</code> is responsible for converting the encoded representation of the
* data to the types expected by the programming language.
* </p>
*
* <p>
* A particular <em>encoding</em> would subclass <code>InputObject</code>. The subclass would provide methods to get the
* data types appropriate to the presentation block (e.g., simple types such as int or boolean, all the way to any type
* derived from <code>java.io.Serializable</code>.).
* </p>
*
* <p>
* Note: the protocol block may also use the <code>InputObject</code> to obtain header metadata.
* </p>
*
* @author Harold Carr
*/
public interface InputObject
{
public void setMessageMediator(MessageMediator messageMediator);
public MessageMediator getMessageMediator();
public void close() throws IOException;
}
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