/* ObjectStreamConstants.java -- Interface containing constant values
   used in reading and writing serialized objects
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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;            //0x70
  final static byte TC_REFERENCE = (byte)113;       //0x71
  final static byte TC_CLASSDESC = (byte)114;       //0x72
  final static byte TC_OBJECT = (byte)115;          //0x73
  final static byte TC_STRING = (byte)116;          //0x74
  final static byte TC_ARRAY = (byte)117;           //0x75
  final static byte TC_CLASS = (byte)118;           //0x76
  final static byte TC_BLOCKDATA = (byte)119;       //0x77
  final static byte TC_ENDBLOCKDATA = (byte)120;    //0x78
  final static byte TC_RESET = (byte)121;           //0x79
  final static byte TC_BLOCKDATALONG = (byte)122;   //0x7A
  final static byte TC_EXCEPTION = (byte)123;       //0x7B
  final static byte TC_LONGSTRING = (byte)124;      //0x7C
  final static byte TC_PROXYCLASSDESC = (byte)125;  //0x7D

  final static byte TC_BASE = TC_NULL;
  final static byte TC_MAX = TC_PROXYCLASSDESC;

  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");
}