| /* |
| * Copyright 2007 Google Inc. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not |
| * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of |
| * the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT |
| * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the |
| * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under |
| * the License. |
| */ |
| package com.google.gwt.user.rebind.rpc; |
| |
| import com.google.gwt.core.ext.typeinfo.JType; |
| |
| /** |
| * Interface implemented by any class that wants to answer questions about |
| * serializable types for a given |
| * {@link com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.RemoteService RemoteService}. |
| */ |
| public interface SerializableTypeOracle { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the list of all types that are considered serializable. |
| * |
| * @return array of serializable types |
| */ |
| JType[] getSerializableTypes(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns true if the type is serializable. If a type is serializable then |
| * there is a secondary type called a FieldSerializer that provides the |
| * behavior necessary to serialize or deserialize the fields of an instance. |
| * |
| * @param type the type that maybe serializable |
| * @return true if the type is serializable |
| */ |
| boolean isSerializable(JType type); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns <code>true</code> if the type might be instantiated as part of |
| * deserialization or serialization. |
| * |
| * @param type the type to test |
| * @return <code>true</code> if the type might be instantiated |
| */ |
| boolean maybeInstantiated(JType type); |
| } |