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ArbitraryObjectSocket
  category: Network-ObjectSocket
  superclass: ObjectSocket
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A network connection that passes objects instead of bytes. The objects are encoded with SmartRefStreams.

Of course, one can send Arrays of Strings if one is unsure of what exactly SmartRefStream's are going to do.

instance methods
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  encodeObject:into:startingAt:
nextObjectLength
processInput
smartRefStreamEncode:
spaceToEncode:

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encodeObject:into:startingAt:

encode the given object into the given buffer
 

nextObjectLength

read the next object length from inBuf. Returns nil if less than 4 bytes are available in inBuf
 

processInput

recieve some data
 

smartRefStreamEncode:

encode an object using SmartRefStream
 

spaceToEncode:

return the number of characters needed to encode the given object

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