hould encode itself onto the portal and</font> <font face="Ohlfs,Courier" size="-1">decodeUsing</font> <font face="Times">is called on the other end to reconstruct the object.&nbsp; The</font> <font face="Ohlfs,Courier" size="-1">decodeUsing </font><font face="Times">method should act just like an instance initialization method - storage has been allocated for it but the storage is uninitialized.&nbsp; Another object may be substituted during this reconstruction phase; the substituted object should be retur