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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.Remote;
  35 import java.util.Hashtable;
  36 
  37 import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ApplicationException;
  38 import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;
  39 import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;
  40 import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ObjectImpl;
  41 import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ResponseHandler;
  42 import org.omg.CORBA.portable.Delegate;
  43 import org.omg.CORBA.ORB;
  44 
  45 /**
  46  * Defines methods which all RMI-IIOP server side ties must implement.
  47  */
  48 public 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 }