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30 
31 
32 // IStateArchivable.h
33 // * PURPOSE
34 //   Similar to BArchivable, but provides for archiving of
35 //   a particular object's state, not the object itself.
36 //   This mechanism doesn't instantiate objects.
37 //
38 // * HISTORY
39 //   e.moon			27nov99		Begun
40 
41 #ifndef __IStateArchivable_H__
42 #define __IStateArchivable_H__
43 
44 #include "cortex_defs.h"
45 __BEGIN_CORTEX_NAMESPACE
46 
47 class IStateArchivable {
48 public:
49 	// empty virtual dtor
50 	virtual ~IStateArchivable() {}
51 
52 public:												// *** INTERFACE
53 	virtual status_t importState(
54 		const BMessage*						archive) =0;
55 
56 	virtual status_t exportState(
57 		BMessage*									archive) const =0;
58 };
59 
60 __END_CORTEX_NAMESPACE
61 #endif /*__IStateArchivable_H__*/
62 
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