1 /*
   2  * Copyright (c) 1996, 2006, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
   3  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
   4  *
   5  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   6  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
   7  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
   8  * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
   9  * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
  10  *
  11  * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
  12  * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
  13  * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
  14  * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
  15  * accompanied this code).
  16  *
  17  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
  18  * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
  19  * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
  20  *
  21  * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
  22  * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
  23  * questions.
  24  */
  25 
  26 package java.rmi;
  27 
  28 /**
  29  * The <code>Remote</code> interface serves to identify interfaces whose
  30  * methods may be invoked from a non-local virtual machine.  Any object that
  31  * is a remote object must directly or indirectly implement this interface.
  32  * Only those methods specified in a "remote interface", an interface that
  33  * extends <code>java.rmi.Remote</code> are available remotely.
  34  *
  35  * <p>Implementation classes can implement any number of remote interfaces and
  36  * can extend other remote implementation classes.  RMI provides some
  37  * convenience classes that remote object implementations can extend which
  38  * facilitate remote object creation.  These classes are
  39  * <code>java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject</code> and
  40  * <code>java.rmi.activation.Activatable</code>.
  41  *
  42  * <p>For complete details on RMI, see the <a
  43  href=../../../platform/rmi/spec/rmiTOC.html>RMI Specification</a> which describes the RMI API and system.
  44  *
  45  * @since   1.1
  46  * @author  Ann Wollrath
  47  * @see     java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject
  48  * @see     java.rmi.activation.Activatable
  49  */
  50 public interface Remote {}