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package sun.misc;


import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Services that RMI module may provide to datatransfer module to enrich it's functionality
 *
 * @author Petr Pchelko
 * @since 1.9
 */
public interface RMIAccessService {

    /**
     * A wrapper over {@code MarshalledObject.get()} method.
     *
     * @param obj an instance of {@code MarshalledObject} to perform operation on
     * @return a copy of the contained object
     * @throws IOException if {@code IOException} occurs while deserializing the object
     * from it's representation
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException if {@code ClassNotFoundException} occurs while
     * deserializeng the object from it's representation
     * @see java.rmi.MarshalledObject#get()
     */
    Object getMarshalledObject(Object obj) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;

    /**
     * A wrapper over {@code MarshalledObject} constructor.
     *
     * @param obj the object to be serialized (must be serializable)
     * @return new {@code MarshalledObject} that contains the serialized representation
     *         of the current state of the supplied object
     * @throws IOException if an {@code IOException} occurs
     * @see java.rmi.MarshalledObject
     */
    Object newMarshalledObject(Object obj) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Checks if the class implements {@link java.rmi.Remote} interface.
     *
     * @param c a class to check
     * @return {@code true} if the provided class is {@code Remote}
     */
    boolean isRemote(Class<?> c);

    /**
     * Retunrs a {@link java.rmi.Remote} class.
     *
     * @return a {@code Remote} class
     */
    Class<?> remoteClass();
}