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package org.jboss.remoting.serialization;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

import org.jboss.remoting.Version;

/**
 * Controls the creation of ObjectInputStream, ObjectOutputStream.
 * <p/>
 * It is important that implementation of this class needs to be stateless.
 * $Id: SerializationManager.java 2386 2007-05-09 08:34:51Z rsigal $
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:tclebert.suconic@jboss.com">Clebert Suconic</a>
 */
public abstract class SerializationManager
{
   public ObjectInputStream createRegularInput(InputStream input) throws IOException
   {
      return createInput(input, Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
   }

   public abstract ObjectInputStream createInput(InputStream input, ClassLoader loader) throws IOException;

   public abstract ObjectOutputStream createOutput(OutputStream output) throws IOException;

   /**
    * Creates a MarshalledValue that does lazy serialization.
    */
   public abstract IMarshalledValue createdMarshalledValue(Object source) throws IOException;

   public void sendObject(ObjectOutputStream output, Object dataObject) throws IOException
   {
      int version = Version.getDefaultVersion();
      sendObject(output, dataObject, version);
   }
   
   public abstract void sendObject(ObjectOutputStream output, Object dataObject, int version) throws IOException;

   /** Used in call by value operations.
    * This will use the most effective way */
	public abstract IMarshalledValue createMarshalledValueForClone(Object original) throws IOException;

   /**
    * This was a refactory of a method usually existent on {@link org.jboss.remoting.marshal.serializable.SerializableUnMarshaller}.
    * That's why we are using InputStream instead of ObjectInputStream as a parameter here.
    */
   public Object receiveObject(InputStream input, ClassLoader customClassLoader) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException
   {
      int version = Version.getDefaultVersion();
      return receiveObject(input, customClassLoader, version);
   }
   
   public abstract Object receiveObject(InputStream input, ClassLoader customClassLoader, int version) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;

}
