public boolean inReceive() 
{
		// TODO Implement for inactivity monitor
		return false;
}

 public ByteSequence marshal(Object command) throws IOException 
{
        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(baos);
        marshal(command, dos);
        dos.close();
        return baos.toByteSequence();
}

 public  void marshal(Object command,
    DataOutput out) throws IOException 
{
        out.writeUTF(marshalText(command));
}

 abstract public String marshalText(Object command)

 public Object unmarshal(DataInput in) throws IOException 
{
        String text = in.readUTF();
        return unmarshalText(text);
}

 public Object unmarshal(ByteSequence packet) throws IOException 
{
        ByteArrayInputStream stream = new ByteArrayInputStream(packet);
        DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(stream);
        return unmarshal(dis);
}

 abstract public Object unmarshalText(String text)

 abstract public Object unmarshalText(Reader reader)