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package java.io;
/**
* A callback interface for post-deserialization checks on objects. Allows, for
* example, the validation of a whole graph of objects after all of them have
* been loaded.
*
* @see ObjectInputStream#registerValidation(ObjectInputValidation, int)
*/
public interface ObjectInputValidation {
/**
* Validates this object.
*
* @throws InvalidObjectException
* if this object fails to validate itself.
*/
public void validateObject() throws InvalidObjectException;
}