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     17 
     18 package java.io;
     19 
     20 /**
     21  * A callback interface for post-deserialization checks on objects. Allows, for
     22  * example, the validation of a whole graph of objects after all of them have
     23  * been loaded.
     24  *
     25  * @see ObjectInputStream#registerValidation(ObjectInputValidation, int)
     26  */
     27 public interface ObjectInputValidation {
     28     /**
     29      * Validates this object.
     30      *
     31      * @throws InvalidObjectException
     32      *             if this object fails to validate itself.
     33      */
     34     public void validateObject() throws InvalidObjectException;
     35 }
     36