org.exolab.jms.net.rmi
Interface RMIInvoker

All Superinterfaces:

java.rmi.Remote

All Known Implementing Classes:

RMIInvokerImpl

public interface RMIInvoker

extends java.rmi.Remote

RMIInvoker enables method invocations to be performed over RMI.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2006/12/16 12:37:17 $

Author:

Tim Anderson

Method Summary

void	disconnect() Notifies that the remote peer is disconnecting.
java.rmi.MarshalledObject	invoke(java.rmi.MarshalledObject request) Invoke a method on a remote object
void	ping() Ping the invoker to determine if it is alive

Method Detail

invoke

public java.rmi.MarshalledObject invoke(java.rmi.MarshalledObject request)
                                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Invoke a method on a remote object

Parameters:

request - the wrapped Request

Returns:

the result of the invocation

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - if the remote invocation fails

ping

public void ping()
          throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Ping the invoker to determine if it is alive

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - if the handler can't be pinged

disconnect

public void disconnect()
                throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Notifies that the remote peer is disconnecting.

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - for any error