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package com.sun.jini.outrigger;

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

/**
 * Interface that must be implemented by objects that must persist their
 * state.
 *
 * @see LogOps
 *
 * 
 *
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface StorableObject {

    /**  
     * Store the persistent fields 
     */
    public void store(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Restore the persistent fields
     */
    public void restore(ObjectInputStream in) 
	throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;
}