Source for java.rmi.registry.Registry

   1: /* Registry.java --
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  37: 
  38: 
  39: package java.rmi.registry;
  40: 
  41: import java.rmi.AccessException;
  42: import java.rmi.AlreadyBoundException;
  43: import java.rmi.NotBoundException;
  44: import java.rmi.Remote;
  45: import java.rmi.RemoteException;
  46: 
  47: public interface Registry extends Remote
  48: {
  49:   int REGISTRY_PORT = 1099;
  50:   
  51:   /**
  52:    * Find and return the reference to the object that was previously bound
  53:    * to the registry by this name. For remote objects, this method returns
  54:    * the stub instances, containing the code for remote invocations.
  55:    * 
  56:    * Since jdk 1.5 this method does not longer require the stub class 
  57:    * (nameImpl_Stub) to be present. If such class is not found, the stub is 
  58:    * replaced by the dynamically constructed proxy class. No attempt to find 
  59:    * and load the stubs is made if the system property 
  60:    * java.rmi.server.ignoreStubClasses is set to true (set to reduce the 
  61:    * starting time if the stubs are surely not present and exclusively 1.2
  62:    * RMI is used).
  63:    * 
  64:    * @param name the name of the object
  65:    * 
  66:    * @return the reference to that object on that it is possible to invoke
  67:    * the (usually remote) object methods.
  68:    * 
  69:    * @throws RemoteException
  70:    * @throws NotBoundException
  71:    * @throws AccessException
  72:    */
  73:   Remote lookup(String name)
  74:     throws RemoteException, NotBoundException, AccessException;
  75: 
  76:   void bind(String name, Remote obj)
  77:     throws RemoteException, AlreadyBoundException, AccessException;
  78: 
  79:   void unbind(String name)
  80:     throws RemoteException, NotBoundException, AccessException;
  81: 
  82:   void rebind(String name, Remote obj)
  83:     throws RemoteException, AccessException;
  84: 
  85:   String[] list()
  86:     throws RemoteException, AccessException;
  87: }