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package org.jboss.ejb.plugins;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * A helper class for serializing stateful session beans.   
 *
 * Instances of this class are used to replace the non-serializable fields of StatefulSessionBean 
 * during serialization (passivation) and deserialization (activation)
 * Section 6.4.1 of the ejb1.1 specification states when this can happen.
 *      
 * @see org.jboss.ejb.plugins.SessionObjectOutputStream
 @see org.jboss.ejb.plugins.SessionObjectInputStream
 * @author <a href="mailto:sebastien.alborini@m4x.org">Sebastien Alborini</a>
 * @version $Revision$
 */
class StatefulSessionBeanField implements Serializable
{
   static final long serialVersionUID = 1396957475833266905L;
   static final byte SESSION_CONTEXT = 0;
   static final byte USER_TRANSACTION = 1;

   byte type;

   StatefulSessionBeanField(byte type)
   {
      this.type = type;
   }

}

