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what are the marker interfaces available in Java( except Single Thread Model,serializable)?what is the use marker interface?
 
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It's just a sign that you'd like an object to be treated some special way later. For example "Serializable" says if the JVM is serializing a bunch of objects this one would like to be included. Any objects that do not implement Serializable will be left out. Almost too simple to be true, no?
 
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I think you'll see marker interfaces fall out of favor when Java 1.5 comes out. Annotations (JSR 175 "metadata") captures this information in a much cleaner way. There isn't really much intro material on annotations yet, but keep your eyes open for it...
 
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