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 * Copyright 2001 (C) The OpenEJB Group. All Rights Reserved.
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 * $Id: EJBObjectProxy.java,v 1.1 2002/04/25 21:11:48 dblevins Exp $
 */
package org.openejb.client;

import java.io.ObjectStreamException;
import java.io.Serializable;
import javax.ejb.EJBHome;
import javax.ejb.EJBObject;

/**
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:david.blevins@visi.com">David Blevins</a>
 * @since 11/25/2001
 */
public interface EJBObjectProxy extends Serializable, EJBObject{

    /**
     * Returns the EJBObjectImpl acting as handler for
     * this proxy
     * 
     * @return 
     */
    public EJBObjectHandler getEJBObjectHandler();

    /**
     * Write the Handler to the stream.
     * 
     * @return 
     * @exception ObjectStreamException
     */
    public Object writeReplace() throws ObjectStreamException;
    
    /**
     * Read the handler from the stream.  Create a new 
     * EJBObjectProxy with it, return that.
     * 
     * @return 
     * @exception ObjectStreamException
     */
    public Object readResolve()  throws ObjectStreamException;

}






