--- commoncpp2-1.3.1/include/cc++/persist.h.orig	2005-01-21 12:13:19.000000000 -0500
+++ commoncpp2-1.3.1/include/cc++/persist.h	2006-02-06 15:23:58.000000000 -0500
@@ -366,12 +366,12 @@
    * reads the actual object data into a pre-instantiated object pointer
    * by calling the read function of the derived class.
    */
-  void readObject(BaseObject* object);
+  void readObject(BaseObject* object) THROWS( Exception );
 
   /**
    * reads in a class name, and caches it into the ClassMap.
    */
-  const String readClass();
+  const String readClass() THROWS( Exception );
 
 
 	/**