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package org.omg.CORBA.portable;

This interface is supplied by an ORB to a servant at invocation time and allows the servant to later retrieve an OutputStream for returning the invocation results.
/** This interface is supplied by an ORB to a servant at invocation time and allows the servant to later retrieve an OutputStream for returning the invocation results. */
public interface ResponseHandler {
Called by the servant during a method invocation. The servant should call this method to create a reply marshal buffer if no exception occurred.
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Returns:an OutputStream suitable for marshalling the reply.
/** * Called by the servant during a method invocation. The servant * should call this method to create a reply marshal buffer if no * exception occurred. * * @return an OutputStream suitable for marshalling the reply. * * @see <a href="package-summary.html#unimpl"><code>portable</code> * package comments for unimplemented features</a> */
OutputStream createReply();
Called by the servant during a method invocation. The servant should call this method to create a reply marshal buffer if a user exception occurred.
Returns:an OutputStream suitable for marshalling the exception ID and the user exception body.
/** * Called by the servant during a method invocation. The servant * should call this method to create a reply marshal buffer if a * user exception occurred. * * @return an OutputStream suitable for marshalling the exception * ID and the user exception body. */
OutputStream createExceptionReply(); }