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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.io.IOException;
  35 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
  36 import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
  37 import java.rmi.RemoteException;
  38 import org.omg.CORBA.ORB;
  39 
  40 /**
  41  * Supports delegation for method implementations in {@link Stub}.
  42  * A delegate is an instance of a class that implements this
  43  * interface and provides a replacement implementation for all the
  44  * methods of <code>javax.rmi.CORBA.Stub</code>.  If delegation is
  45  * enabled, each stub has an associated delegate.
  46  *
  47  * Delegates are enabled by providing the delegate's class name as the
  48  * value of the
  49  * <code>javax.rmi.CORBA.StubClass</code>
  50  * system property.
  51  *
  52  * @see Stub
  53  * @since 1.3
  54  */
  55 public interface StubDelegate {
  56 
  57     /**
  58      * Delegation call for {@link Stub#hashCode}.
  59      */
  60     int hashCode(Stub self);
  61 
  62     /**
  63      * Delegation call for {@link Stub#equals}.
  64      */
  65     boolean equals(Stub self, java.lang.Object obj);
  66 
  67     /**
  68      * Delegation call for {@link Stub#toString}.
  69      */
  70     String toString(Stub self);
  71 
  72     /**
  73      * Delegation call for {@link Stub#connect}.
  74      */
  75     void connect(Stub self, ORB orb)
  76         throws RemoteException;
  77 
  78     // _REVISIT_ cannot link to Stub.readObject directly... why not?
  79     /**
  80      * Delegation call for
  81      * <a href="{@docRoot}/serialized-form.html#javax.rmi.CORBA.Stub"><code>Stub.readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream)</code></a>.
  82      */
  83     void readObject(Stub self, ObjectInputStream s)
  84         throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;
  85 
  86     // _REVISIT_ cannot link to Stub.writeObject directly... why not?
  87     /**
  88      * Delegation call for
  89      * <a href="{@docRoot}/serialized-form.html#javax.rmi.CORBA.Stub"><code>Stub.writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream)</code></a>.
  90      */
  91     void writeObject(Stub self, ObjectOutputStream s)
  92         throws IOException;
  93 
  94 }