Tie.java revision 608:7e06bf1dcb09 
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25/*
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27 * RMI-IIOP v1.0
28 * Copyright IBM Corp. 1998 1999  All Rights Reserved
29 *
30 */
31
32package javax.rmi.CORBA;
33
34import java.rmi.Remote;
35import java.util.Hashtable;
36
37import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ApplicationException;
38import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;
39import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;
40import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ObjectImpl;
41import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ResponseHandler;
42import org.omg.CORBA.portable.Delegate;
43import org.omg.CORBA.ORB;
44
45/**
46 * Defines methods which all RMI-IIOP server side ties must implement.
47 */
48public interface Tie extends org.omg.CORBA.portable.InvokeHandler {
49    /**
50     * Returns an object reference for the target object represented by
51     * this tie.
52     * @return an object reference for the target object.
53     */
54    org.omg.CORBA.Object thisObject();
55
56    /**
57     * Deactivates the target object represented by this tie.
58     */
59    void deactivate() throws java.rmi.NoSuchObjectException;
60
61    /**
62     * Returns the ORB for this tie.
63     * @return the ORB.
64     */
65    ORB orb();
66
67    /**
68     * Sets the ORB for this tie.
69     * @param orb the ORB.
70     */
71    void orb(ORB orb);
72
73    /**
74     * Called by {@link Util#registerTarget} to set the target
75     * for this tie.
76     * @param target the object to use as the target for this tie.
77     */
78    void setTarget(java.rmi.Remote target);
79
80    /**
81     * Returns the target for this tie.
82     * @return the target.
83     */
84    java.rmi.Remote getTarget();
85}
86