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0N/Apackage java.rmi.activation;
0N/A
0N/Aimport java.rmi.MarshalledObject;
0N/Aimport java.rmi.Remote;
0N/Aimport java.rmi.RemoteException;
0N/A
0N/A/**
0N/A * An <code>ActivationInstantiator</code> is responsible for creating
0N/A * instances of "activatable" objects. A concrete subclass of
0N/A * <code>ActivationGroup</code> implements the <code>newInstance</code>
0N/A * method to handle creating objects within the group.
0N/A *
0N/A * @author Ann Wollrath
0N/A * @see ActivationGroup
0N/A * @since 1.2
0N/A */
0N/Apublic interface ActivationInstantiator extends Remote {
0N/A
0N/A /**
0N/A * The activator calls an instantiator's <code>newInstance</code>
0N/A * method in order to recreate in that group an object with the
0N/A * activation identifier, <code>id</code>, and descriptor,
0N/A * <code>desc</code>. The instantiator is responsible for: <ul>
0N/A *
0N/A * <li> determining the class for the object using the descriptor's
0N/A * <code>getClassName</code> method,
0N/A *
0N/A * <li> loading the class from the code location obtained from the
0N/A * descriptor (using the <code>getLocation</code> method),
0N/A *
0N/A * <li> creating an instance of the class by invoking the special
0N/A * "activation" constructor of the object's class that takes two
0N/A * arguments: the object's <code>ActivationID</code>, and the
0N/A * <code>MarshalledObject</code> containing object specific
0N/A * initialization data, and
0N/A *
0N/A * <li> returning a MarshalledObject containing the stub for the
0N/A * remote object it created </ul>
0N/A *
0N/A * @param id the object's activation identifier
0N/A * @param desc the object's descriptor
0N/A * @return a marshalled object containing the serialized
0N/A * representation of remote object's stub
0N/A * @exception ActivationException if object activation fails
0N/A * @exception RemoteException if remote call fails
0N/A * @since 1.2
0N/A */
0N/A public MarshalledObject<? extends Remote> newInstance(ActivationID id,
0N/A ActivationDesc desc)
0N/A throws ActivationException, RemoteException;
0N/A}