Source for java.rmi.dgc.DGC

   1: /* DGC.java --
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  37: 
  38: package java.rmi.dgc;
  39: 
  40: import java.rmi.Remote;
  41: import java.rmi.RemoteException;
  42: import java.rmi.server.ObjID;
  43: 
  44: /**
  45:  * The DGC implementation is used for the server side during the distributed
  46:  * garbage collection. This interface contains the two methods: dirty and clean.
  47:  * A dirty call is made when a remote reference is unmarshaled in a client. A
  48:  * corresponding clean call is made by client it no longer uses that remote
  49:  * reference. A reference to a remote object is also automatically released
  50:  * after so called lease period that starts after the dirty call is received. It
  51:  * is the client's responsibility to renew the leases, by making additional
  52:  * dirty calls before such leases expire.
  53:  */
  54: public interface DGC
  55:     extends Remote
  56: {
  57:   /**
  58:    * Mark the given objects referecnes as used on the client side.
  59:    * 
  60:    * @param ids the ids of the used objects.
  61:    * @param sequenceNum the number of the call (used to detect and discard late
  62:    *          calls).
  63:    * @param lease the requested lease
  64:    * @return the granted lease
  65:    */
  66:   Lease dirty(ObjID[] ids, long sequenceNum, Lease lease)
  67:       throws RemoteException;
  68: 
  69:   /**
  70:    * Mark the given objects as no longer used on the client side.
  71:    * 
  72:    * @param ids the ids of the objects that are no longer used.
  73:    * @param sequenceNum the number of the call (used to detect and discard late
  74:    * @param vmid the VMID of the client.
  75:    * @param strong make the "strong" clean call ("strong" calls are scheduled
  76:    * after the failed dirty calls).
  77:    */
  78:   void clean(ObjID[] ids, long sequenceNum, VMID vmid, boolean strong)
  79:       throws RemoteException;
  80: }