com.webobjects.eocontrol
Interface EOKeyValueArchiver.Delegate

Enclosing interface:

EOKeyValueArchiver

public static interface EOKeyValueArchiver.Delegate

The EOKeyValueArchiver.Delegate interface defines methods which can be used by a delegate object of an EOKeyValueArchiver to control the behavior of the archiver object.

Method Summary

Object

referenceToEncodeForObject(EOKeyValueArchiver archiver, Object object) A delegate of an EOKeyValueArchiver can implement this method to encode references if any of the objects it encodes call encodeReferenceToObject.

Method Detail

referenceToEncodeForObject

public Object referenceToEncodeForObject(EOKeyValueArchiver archiver,
                                         Object object)

A delegate of an EOKeyValueArchiver can implement this method to encode references if any of the objects it encodes call encodeReferenceToObject. The delegate should return a placeholder object (perhaps a String) to encode in place of the referenced object.

Parameters:

archiver - the archiver object encoding a reference object

object - the object being encoded

Returns:

a placeholder object for the object