/* ObjectStreamConstants.java -- Interface containing constant values
   used in reading and writing serialized objects
   Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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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");
}