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  25 package org.omg.CORBA.portable;
  26 
  27 /**
  28 This interface is supplied by an ORB to a servant at invocation time and allows
  29 the servant to later retrieve an OutputStream for returning the invocation results.
  30 */
  31 
  32 public interface ResponseHandler {
  33     /**
  34      * Called by the servant during a method invocation. The servant
  35      * should call this method to create a reply marshal buffer if no
  36      * exception occurred.
  37      *
  38      * @return an OutputStream suitable for marshalling the reply.
  39      *
  40      * @see <a href="package-summary.html#unimpl"><code>portable</code>
  41      * package comments for unimplemented features</a>
  42      */
  43     OutputStream createReply();
  44 
  45     /**
  46      * Called by the servant during a method invocation. The servant
  47      * should call this method to create a reply marshal buffer if a
  48      * user exception occurred.
  49      *
  50      * @return an OutputStream suitable for marshalling the exception
  51      * ID and the user exception body.
  52      */
  53     OutputStream createExceptionReply();
  54 }