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  25 /*
  26  * Licensed Materials - Property of IBM
  27  * RMI-IIOP v1.0
  28  * Copyright IBM Corp. 1998 1999  All Rights Reserved
  29  *
  30  */
  31 
  32 package javax.rmi.CORBA;
  33 
  34 import java.rmi.RemoteException;
  35 import java.rmi.NoSuchObjectException;
  36 import java.rmi.Remote;
  37 
  38 /**
  39  * Supports delegation for method implementations in {@link javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject}.
  40  * The delegate is a singleton instance of a class that implements this
  41  * interface and provides a replacement implementation for all the
  42  * methods of <code>javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject</code>.
  43  *
  44  * Delegates are enabled by providing the delegate's class name as the
  45  * value of the
  46  * <code>javax.rmi.CORBA.PortableRemoteObjectClass</code>
  47  * system property.
  48  *
  49  * @see javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject
  50  */
  51 public interface PortableRemoteObjectDelegate {
  52 
  53     /**
  54      * Delegation call for {@link javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject#exportObject}.
  55      */
  56     void exportObject(Remote obj)
  57         throws RemoteException;
  58 
  59     /**
  60      * Delegation call for {@link javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject#toStub}.
  61      */
  62     Remote toStub (Remote obj)
  63         throws NoSuchObjectException;
  64 
  65     /**
  66      * Delegation call for {@link javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject#unexportObject}.
  67      */
  68     void unexportObject(Remote obj)
  69         throws NoSuchObjectException;
  70 
  71     /**
  72      * Delegation call for {@link javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject#narrow}.
  73      */
  74     java.lang.Object narrow (java.lang.Object narrowFrom,
  75                                     java.lang.Class narrowTo)
  76         throws ClassCastException;
  77 
  78     /**
  79      * Delegation call for {@link javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject#connect}.
  80      */
  81     void connect (Remote target, Remote source)
  82         throws RemoteException;
  83 
  84 }