//
// System.Web.UI.PageStatePersister
//
// Author:
//	Dick Porter  <dick@ximian.com>
//
// Copyright (C) 2005 Novell, Inc (http://www.novell.com)
//
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namespace System.Web.UI
{
#if NET_2_0
	public
#else
	internal
#endif
	abstract class PageStatePersister
	{
		object control_state;
		object view_state;
		Page page;
		IStateFormatter state_formatter;
		
		protected PageStatePersister (Page page)
		{
			if (page == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException ("page");
			this.page = page;
		}

		public object ControlState  {
			get { return control_state; }
			set { control_state = value; }
		}

		public object ViewState  {
			get { return view_state; }
			set { view_state = value; }
		}

		protected Page Page {
			get { return page; }
			set { page = value; }
		}

		protected IStateFormatter StateFormatter 
		{
			get {
				if (state_formatter == null)
					state_formatter = page.GetFormatter ();
				return state_formatter;
			}
		}

		public abstract void Load ();

		public abstract void Save ();
	}
}