edu.vub.at.objects.symbiosis
Interface SymbioticATObjectMarker

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public interface SymbioticATObjectMarker

extends java.io.Serializable

This empty marker interface marks Java objects which actually represent wrappers around AmbientTalk objects that 'pretend' to be a Java object of a certain interface type. It is used to properly convert such objects back into their AmbientTalk equivalent when they re-enter the AmbientTalk meta- or base-level.

Author:

tvcutsem

Method Summary

NATObject	_returnNativeAmbientTalkObject() Accessor to unwrap the symbiotic object.
java.lang.Object	writeReplace() Coercers implement writeReplace such that their principal is serialized as them instead.

Method Detail

_returnNativeAmbientTalkObject

public NATObject _returnNativeAmbientTalkObject()

Accessor to unwrap the symbiotic object.

writeReplace

public java.lang.Object writeReplace()
                              throws java.io.ObjectStreamException

Coercers implement writeReplace such that their principal is serialized as them instead.

Throws:

java.io.ObjectStreamException