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25
26package java.rmi.server;
27
28/**
29 * An <code>RMIFailureHandler</code> can be registered via the
30 * <code>RMISocketFactory.setFailureHandler</code> call. The
31 * <code>failure</code> method of the handler is invoked when the RMI
32 * runtime is unable to create a <code>ServerSocket</code> to listen
33 * for incoming calls. The <code>failure</code> method returns a boolean
34 * indicating whether the runtime should attempt to re-create the
35 * <code>ServerSocket</code>.
36 *
37 * @author      Ann Wollrath
38 * @since       1.1
39 */
40public interface RMIFailureHandler {
41
42    /**
43     * The <code>failure</code> callback is invoked when the RMI
44     * runtime is unable to create a <code>ServerSocket</code> via the
45     * <code>RMISocketFactory</code>. An <code>RMIFailureHandler</code>
46     * is registered via a call to
47     * <code>RMISocketFacotry.setFailureHandler</code>.  If no failure
48     * handler is installed, the default behavior is to attempt to
49     * re-create the ServerSocket.
50     *
51     * @param ex the exception that occurred during <code>ServerSocket</code>
52     *           creation
53     * @return if true, the RMI runtime attempts to retry
54     * <code>ServerSocket</code> creation
55     * @see java.rmi.server.RMISocketFactory#setFailureHandler(RMIFailureHandler)
56     * @since 1.1
57     */
58    public boolean failure(Exception ex);
59
60}
61