OutgoingUnicastRequest.java

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package net.jini.discovery;

import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * Encapsulate the details of marshaling a unicast request.
 *
 * @author Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 *
 * @see IncomingUnicastRequest
 */
public class OutgoingUnicastRequest {
    /**
     * The current version of the unicast discovery protocol.
     */
    protected static final int protoVersion = 1;

    /**
     * Marshal a unicast request to the given output stream.  The
     * stream is flushed afterwards.
     *
     * @param str the stream to marshal to
     * @exception IOException a problem occurred during marshaling
     */
    public static void marshal(OutputStream str) throws IOException {
	DataOutputStream dstr = new DataOutputStream(str);
	dstr.writeInt(protoVersion);
	dstr.flush();
    }
}