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// Copyright 2018 Google Inc.
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#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
/**
* EDOObject proxies for objects in other processes (or threads).
*
* When a distant object receives a message, it forwards the message through its service object to
* the real object in another process, supplying the return value and out parameters if any, and
* propagating any exception back to the invoker of the method that raised it. The EDOObject is a
* transparent proxy to its user and should only be retrieved from the @c EDOHostService or
* @c EDOClientService.
*/
@interface EDOObject : NSProxy <NSSecureCoding>
/** The flag that tells us whether the object is a local temporary object or not. */
@property(nonatomic, assign, getter=isLocal) BOOL local;
- (instancetype)init NS_UNAVAILABLE;
/** Method to be called on invocation target to get a value object from remote invocation. */
- (id)returnByValue;
/** Method to wrap an NSObject into a EDOWeakObject. Throws an
* EDOWeakObjectRemoteWeakMisuseException when invoked on EDOObject. */
- (id)remoteWeak;
@end
NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END