/*
 * Copyright (c) 2001, 2003, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 *
 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
 * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
 *
 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
 * accompanied this code).
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 *
 * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
 * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
 * questions.
 */

package com.sun.corba.se.pept.encoding;

import java.io.IOException;

import com.sun.corba.se.pept.protocol.MessageMediator;

 An OutputObject is the interface used by the
presentation block to give programming language typed data to
the encoding block to be encoded and sent in a message. 
 The implementation of an OutputObject contains the
encoded data.  When the presentation block gives programming language
typed data to
OutputObject, the
implementation of OutputObject is responsible for converting
that data to the encoded representation of the data for a particular
encoding.
A particular encoding would subclass
OutputObject.  The subclass would provide methods to set
the data types appropriate to the presentation block (e.g., simple
types such as int or boolean, all the way to any type derived from
java.io.Serializable.).
Note: the protocol block may also use the OutputObject to
set header metadata.
Author:
Harold Carr/**
 * <p> An <code>OutputObject</code> is the interface used by the
 * presentation block to give programming language typed data to
 * the encoding block to be encoded and sent in a message. </p>
 *
 * <p> The implementation of an <code>OutputObject</code> contains the
 * encoded data.  When the presentation block gives programming language
 * typed data to
 * <code>OutputObject</code>, the
 * implementation of <code>OutputObject</code> is responsible for converting
 * that data to the encoded representation of the data for a particular
 * encoding.</p>
 *
 * <p>A particular <em>encoding</em> would subclass
 * <code>OutputObject</code>.  The subclass would provide methods to set
 * the data types appropriate to the presentation block (e.g., simple
 * types such as int or boolean, all the way to any type derived from
 * <code>java.io.Serializable</code>.).</p>
 *
 * <p>Note: the protocol block may also use the <code>OutputObject</code> to
 * set header metadata.</p>
 *
 * @author Harold Carr
*/
public interface OutputObject
{
    public void setMessageMediator(MessageMediator messageMediator);

    public MessageMediator getMessageMediator();

    public void close() throws IOException;
}

// End of file.