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/*
* Licensed Materials - Property of IBM
* RMI-IIOP v1.0
* Copyright IBM Corp. 1998 1999 All Rights Reserved
*
*/
package javax.rmi.CORBA;
import java.rmi.Remote;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ApplicationException;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ObjectImpl;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ResponseHandler;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.Delegate;
import org.omg.CORBA.ORB;
/**
* Defines methods which all RMI-IIOP server side ties must implement.
*/
public interface Tie extends org.omg.CORBA.portable.InvokeHandler {
/**
* Returns an object reference for the target object represented by
* this tie.
* @return an object reference for the target object.
*/
org.omg.CORBA.Object thisObject();
/**
* Deactivates the target object represented by this tie.
*/
void deactivate() throws java.rmi.NoSuchObjectException;
/**
* Returns the ORB for this tie.
* @return the ORB.
*/
ORB orb();
/**
* Sets the ORB for this tie.
* @param orb the ORB.
*/
void orb(ORB orb);
/**
* Called by {@link Util#registerTarget} to set the target
* for this tie.
* @param target the object to use as the target for this tie.
*/
void setTarget(java.rmi.Remote target);
/**
* Returns the target for this tie.
* @return the target.
*/
java.rmi.Remote getTarget();
}