Progress on Ye Olde Parlor services.

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src/java/com/threerings/parlor/game/GameConfig.java

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+//
+// $Id: GameConfig.java,v 1.1 2001/10/01 02:56:35 mdb Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.parlor.data;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.DataOutputStream;
+
+import com.threerings.cocktail.cher.io.Streamable;
+
+/**
+ * The game config class encapsulates the configuration information for a
+ * particular type of game. The hierarchy of game config objects mimics
+ * the hierarchy of game managers and the client provides a game config
+ * object to the game manager at game creation time which is used to set
+ * the game's configuration options.
+ *
+ * <p> A game that has specific configuration needs would extend this
+ * class (or an appropriate subclass) adding it's configuration
+ * information, and also overriding {@link #writeTo} and {@link #readFrom}
+ * to provide code to effect the necessary serialization and
+ * unserialization of the added fields.
+ *
+ * <p> The implementation of the client-side of the game can either use
+ * the code provided for obtaining configuration parameters from the user,
+ * or provide its own specialized configuration interface. It need only
+ * produce a game config object when the configuration process is complete
+ * and provide that to the server along with the game creation request.
+ */
+public class GameConfig implements Streamable
+{
+    // documentation inherited
+    public void writeTo (DataOutputStream out)
+        throws IOException
+    {
+    }
+
+    // documentation inherited
+    public void readFrom (DataInputStream in)
+        throws IOException
+    {
+    }
+}