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package com.sun.jini.outrigger;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Interface for a stored resource. Objects implementing this interface
 * are passed into calls to <code>Recover</code> objects. This objects
 * represented by this interface are resources that have expiration
 * times (LeasedResource).
 *
 * @see Recover
 */
public interface StoredResource {

    /**
     * Restore the state of a <code>StorableResource</code>. The resource
     * to be restored will have its expiration set before this method
     * returns.
     *
     * @see LogOps#renewOp
     *
     * @param obj resource to restore
     */
    public void restore(StorableResource obj)
	throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;
}