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package java.rmi.server;

import java.rmi.Remote;

/**

 * The <code>Skeleton</code> interface is used solely by the RMI

 * implementation.

 *

 * <p> Every version 1.1 (and version 1.1 compatible skeletons generated in

 * 1.2 using <code>rmic -vcompat</code>) skeleton class generated by the rmic

 * stub compiler implements this interface. A skeleton for a remote object is

 * a server-side entity that dispatches calls to the actual remote object

 * implementation.

 *

 * @author  Ann Wollrath

 * @since   1.1

 * @deprecated no replacement.  Skeletons are no longer required for remote

 * method calls in the Java 2 platform v1.2 and greater.

 */

@Deprecated

public interface Skeleton {

    /**

     * Unmarshals arguments, calls the actual remote object implementation,

     * and marshals the return value or any exception.

     *

     * @param obj remote implementation to dispatch call to

     * @param theCall object representing remote call

     * @param opnum operation number

     * @param hash stub/skeleton interface hash

     * @exception java.lang.Exception if a general exception occurs.

     * @since 1.1

     * @deprecated no replacement

     */

    @Deprecated

    void dispatch(Remote obj, RemoteCall theCall, int opnum, long hash)

        throws Exception;

    /**

     * Returns the operations supported by the skeleton.

     * @return operations supported by skeleton

     * @since 1.1

     * @deprecated no replacement

     */

    @Deprecated

    Operation[] getOperations();

}