org.omg.CORBA.portable
Interface IDLEntity

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

BindingIterator, Current, CustomValue, DataInputStream, DataOutputStream, DomainManager, IDLType, IRObject, NamingContext, Policy, Repository, RunTime, StreamableValue, ValueBase

All Known Implementing Classes:

Any, CompletionStatus, DefinitionKind, Initializer, NameValuePair, ServiceDetail, ServiceInformation, SetOverrideType, StructMember, TypeCode, UnionMember, UserException, ValueMember, NameComponent, Binding, BindingType, NotEmpty, InvalidName, NotFoundReason, NotFound, CannotProceed, AlreadyBound

public interface IDLEntity

extends Serializable

An interface with no members whose only purpose is to serve as a marker indicating that an implementing class is a Java value type from IDL that has a corresponding Helper class. RMI IIOP serialization looks for such a marker to perform marshalling/unmarshalling.