001 /* Registry.java --
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037
038
039 package java.rmi.registry;
040
041 import java.rmi.AccessException;
042 import java.rmi.AlreadyBoundException;
043 import java.rmi.NotBoundException;
044 import java.rmi.Remote;
045 import java.rmi.RemoteException;
046
047 public interface Registry extends Remote
048 {
049 int REGISTRY_PORT = 1099;
050
051 /**
052 * Find and return the reference to the object that was previously bound
053 * to the registry by this name. For remote objects, this method returns
054 * the stub instances, containing the code for remote invocations.
055 *
056 * Since jdk 1.5 this method does not longer require the stub class
057 * (nameImpl_Stub) to be present. If such class is not found, the stub is
058 * replaced by the dynamically constructed proxy class. No attempt to find
059 * and load the stubs is made if the system property
060 * java.rmi.server.ignoreStubClasses is set to true (set to reduce the
061 * starting time if the stubs are surely not present and exclusively 1.2
062 * RMI is used).
063 *
064 * @param name the name of the object
065 *
066 * @return the reference to that object on that it is possible to invoke
067 * the (usually remote) object methods.
068 *
069 * @throws RemoteException
070 * @throws NotBoundException
071 * @throws AccessException
072 */
073 Remote lookup(String name)
074 throws RemoteException, NotBoundException, AccessException;
075
076 void bind(String name, Remote obj)
077 throws RemoteException, AlreadyBoundException, AccessException;
078
079 void unbind(String name)
080 throws RemoteException, NotBoundException, AccessException;
081
082 void rebind(String name, Remote obj)
083 throws RemoteException, AccessException;
084
085 String[] list()
086 throws RemoteException, AccessException;
087 }