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package com.sun.ejb.spi.sfsb.util;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
*
* An instance of this class will be used by the Stateful SessionBean
* Container to create sessionIDs whenever home.create(..) is called
*
* @author Mahesh Kannan
*/
public interface SFSBUUIDUtil {
/**
* Create and return the sessionKey.
* @return the sessionKey object
*/
public T createSessionKey();
/**
* Called from the Container before publishing an IOR. The method must convert the sessionKey into a byte[]
* @return A byte[] representation of the key. The byte[] could be created using serialization.
*/
public byte[] keyToByteArray(T sessionKey);
/**
* Return the sessionKey that represents the sessionKey. This has to be super efficient as the container
* calls this method on every invocation. Two objects obtained from identical byte[] must
* satisfy both o1.equals(o2) and o1.hashCode() == o2.hashCode()
* @return the sessionKey object
*/
public T byteArrayToKey(byte[] array, int startIndex, int len);
}