001// Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation 002// 003// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005// You may obtain a copy of the License at 006// 007// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008// 009// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013// limitations under the License. 014 015package org.apache.hivemind.internal.ser; 016 017/** 018 * Utility interface used to support serialization of services (really, service proxies). 019 * 020 * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship 021 * @since 1.1 022 */ 023public interface ServiceSerializationSupport 024{ 025 /** 026 * Returns a {@link ServiceToken} corresponding to the indicated serviceId. A ServiceToken takes 027 * the place of a service (proxy) during serialization. 028 */ 029 030 public ServiceToken getServiceTokenForService(String serviceId); 031 032 /** 033 * Returns the service (proxy) for the indicated token. 034 */ 035 036 public Object getServiceFromToken(ServiceToken token); 037}