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package org.jboss.mx.util;

/**
 * Serialization Helper.<p>
 *
 * Contains static constants and attributes to help is serialization
 * versioning.
 *
 * @author  <a href="mailto:Adrian.Brock@HappeningTimes.com">Adrian Brock</a>.
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public class Serialization
{
   // Static --------------------------------------------------------

   /**
    * The latest version of serialization
    */
   public static final int LATEST = 0;

   /**
    * The serialization for the 1.0 specified in the spec 1.1
    */
   public static final int V1R0 = 10;

   /**
    * The serialization version to use
    */
   public static int version = LATEST;

   /**
    * Determine the serialization version
    */
   static
   {
      try
      {
         String property = PropertyAccess.getProperty("jmx.serial.form");
         if (property != null && property.equals("1.0"))
            version = V1R0;
      }
      catch (java.security.AccessControlException ace)
      {
         // required for applets
      }
   }
}

