325N/A * Copyright (c) 1999, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 325N/A * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 325N/A * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 325N/A * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as 325N/A * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this 325N/A * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided 325N/A * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. 325N/A * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 325N/A * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or 325N/A * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License 325N/A * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that 325N/A * accompanied this code). 325N/A * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version 325N/A * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 325N/A * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. 325N/A * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA 325N/A * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any 325N/A * This interface is implemented by an object that can provide a 325N/A * A Reference represents a way of recording address information about 325N/A * objects which themselves are not directly bound to the naming system. 325N/A * Such objects can implement the Referenceable interface as a way 325N/A * for programs that use that object to determine what its Reference is. 325N/A * For example, when binding a object, if an object implements the 325N/A * Referenceable interface, getReference() can be invoked on the object to 325N/A * get its Reference to use for binding. 325N/A * @author Scott Seligman 325N/A * @see javax.naming.spi.NamingManager#getObjectInstance 325N/A * Retrieves the Reference of this object. 325N/A * @return The non-null Reference of this object. 325N/A * @exception NamingException If a naming exception was encountered 325N/A * while retrieving the reference.