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package flex.messaging.messages;
/**
* A marker interface that is used to indicate that a Message has an
* alternative smaller form for serialization.
*
*/
public interface SmallMessage extends Message
{
/**
* This method must be implemented by subclasses that have an
* java.io.Externalizable or "small" form, or null to
* indicate that a small form is not available.
*
* @return An alternative representation of a
* flex.messaging.messages.Message so that the size of the serialized
* message is smaller.
*/
Message getSmallMessage();
}