/* ObjectStreamConstants.java -- Interface containing constant values used in reading and writing serialized objects Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU Classpath. GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. GNU Classpath 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 for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA. Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole combination. As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend this exception to your version of the library, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version. */ package java.io; /** This interface contains constants that are used in object serialization. This interface is used by ObjectOutputStream, ObjectInputStream, ObjectStreamClass, and possibly other classes. The values for these constants are specified in Javasoft's "Object Serialization Specification" TODO: add reference */ public interface ObjectStreamConstants { public final static int PROTOCOL_VERSION_1 = 1; public final static int PROTOCOL_VERSION_2 = 2; final static short STREAM_MAGIC = (short)0xaced; final static short STREAM_VERSION = 5; final static byte TC_NULL = (byte)112; final static byte TC_REFERENCE = (byte)113; final static byte TC_CLASSDESC = (byte)114; final static byte TC_OBJECT = (byte)115; final static byte TC_STRING = (byte)116; final static byte TC_ARRAY = (byte)117; final static byte TC_CLASS = (byte)118; final static byte TC_BLOCKDATA = (byte)119; final static byte TC_ENDBLOCKDATA = (byte)120; final static byte TC_RESET = (byte)121; final static byte TC_BLOCKDATALONG = (byte)122; final static byte TC_EXCEPTION = (byte)123; final static byte TC_BASE = TC_NULL; final static byte TC_MAX = TC_EXCEPTION; final static int baseWireHandle = 0x7e0000; final static byte SC_WRITE_METHOD = 0x01; final static byte SC_SERIALIZABLE = 0x02; final static byte SC_EXTERNALIZABLE = 0x04; final static byte SC_BLOCK_DATA = 0x08; final static SerializablePermission SUBSTITUTION_PERMISSION = new SerializablePermission("enableSubstitution"); final static SerializablePermission SUBCLASS_IMPLEMENTATION_PERMISSION = new SerializablePermission("enableSubclassImplementation"); }