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package org.apache.ode.jacob.oo;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 *  Marker interface extended by channel interfaces.
 *  TODO: Document how the Channel interface could be extended.
 *   - a concrete Channel should be defined as an interface
 *   - one should not overload Method names
 *   - a concrete Channel could be further extended, but 
 *     then it must not redeclare a parent Channel method
 *   etc...
 *   
 *   Correctness of Channel definition should be established via
 *   static analysis and will be assumed at runtime, avoiding
 *   unnecessary checks for situation like deep inheritance 
 *   hierarchies.
 */
public interface Channel extends Serializable {
}