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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 writing Slice classes to an output stream.
+ **/
+public abstract class ObjectWriter extends ObjectImpl
+{
+    /**
+     * Writes the state of this Slice class to an output stream.
+     *
+     * @param out The stream to write to.
+     **/
+    public abstract void write(OutputStream out);
+
+    public void
+    __write(IceInternal.BasicStream os)
+    {
+        OutputStream stream = (OutputStream)os.closure();
+        write(stream);
+    }
+
+    public void
+    __read(IceInternal.BasicStream is, boolean rid)
+    {
+        assert(false);
+    }
+}