/*

   Derby - Class org.apache.derby.iapi.services.io.Formatable

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 */

package org.apache.derby.iapi.services.io;

import java.io.Externalizable;

/**
  Derby interface for creating a stored form for
  an object and re-constructing an equivalent object
  from this stored form. The object which creates the
  stored form and the re-constructed object need not be
  the same or related classes. They must share the same
  TypedFormat.

 */
public interface Formatable
extends Externalizable, TypedFormat
{
}