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+// **********************************************************************
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2003-2011 ZeroC, Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This copy of Ice is licensed to you under the terms described in the
+// ICE_LICENSE file included in this distribution.
+//
+// **********************************************************************
+
+package Ice;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for extracting objects from an input stream.
+ **/
+public abstract class ObjectReader extends ObjectImpl
+{
+    /**
+     * Reads the state of this Slice class from an input stream.
+     *
+     * @param in The input stream to read from.
+     * @param rid If <code>true</code>, extraction begins by reading a Slice type ID
+     * first. If <code>false</code>, the leading type ID is not read. This is used
+     * by the unmarshaling code in case the type ID has already been read as part
+     * of other unmarshaling activities.
+     **/
+    public abstract void read(InputStream in, boolean rid);
+
+    public void
+    __write(IceInternal.BasicStream os)
+    {
+        assert(false);
+    }
+
+    public void
+    __read(IceInternal.BasicStream is, boolean rid)
+    {
+        InputStream stream = (InputStream)is.closure();
+        read(stream, rid);
+    }
+}