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1/** 2 * AmbientTalk/2 Project 3 * SymbioticATObjectMarker.java created on 6-nov-2006 at 10:49:45 4 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007 5 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx 6 * 7 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person 8 * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation 9 * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without 10 * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, 11 * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or 12 * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the 13 * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following 14 * conditions: 15 * 16 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be 17 * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 18 * 19 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, 20 * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES 21 * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND 22 * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT 23 * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, 24 * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING 25 * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR 26 * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. 27 */ 28package edu.vub.at.objects.symbiosis; 29 30import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATObject; 31 32import java.io.ObjectStreamException; 33import java.io.Serializable; 34 35/** 36 * This empty marker interface marks Java objects which actually represent wrappers around AmbientTalk 37 * objects that 'pretend' to be a Java object of a certain interface type. It is used to properly 38 * convert such objects back into their AmbientTalk equivalent when they re-enter the AmbientTalk meta- or base-level. 39 * 40 * @author tvcutsem 41 */ 42public interface SymbioticATObjectMarker extends Serializable { 43 44 /** 45 * Accessor to unwrap the symbiotic object. 46 */ 47 public NATObject _returnNativeAmbientTalkObject(); 48 49 /** 50 * Coercers implement writeReplace such that their principal is serialized as them instead. 51 */ 52 public Object writeReplace() throws ObjectStreamException; 53 54}