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+/*
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+
+package java.rmi.activation;
+
+import java.rmi.MarshalledObject;
+import java.rmi.Remote;
+import java.rmi.RemoteException;
+
+/**
+ * An <code>ActivationInstantiator</code> is responsible for creating
+ * instances of "activatable" objects. A concrete subclass of
+ * <code>ActivationGroup</code> implements the <code>newInstance</code>
+ * method to handle creating objects within the group.
+ *
+ * @author      Ann Wollrath
+ * @see         ActivationGroup
+ * @since       1.2
+ */
+public interface ActivationInstantiator extends Remote {
+
+   /**
+    * The activator calls an instantiator's <code>newInstance</code>
+    * method in order to recreate in that group an object with the
+    * activation identifier, <code>id</code>, and descriptor,
+    * <code>desc</code>. The instantiator is responsible for: <ul>
+    *
+    * <li> determining the class for the object using the descriptor's
+    * <code>getClassName</code> method,
+    *
+    * <li> loading the class from the code location obtained from the
+    * descriptor (using the <code>getLocation</code> method),
+    *
+    * <li> creating an instance of the class by invoking the special
+    * "activation" constructor of the object's class that takes two
+    * arguments: the object's <code>ActivationID</code>, and the
+    * <code>MarshalledObject</code> containing object specific
+    * initialization data, and
+    *
+    * <li> returning a MarshalledObject containing the stub for the
+    * remote object it created.</ul>
+    *
+    * <p>In order for activation to be successful, one of the following requirements
+    * must be met, otherwise {@link ActivationException} is thrown:
+    *
+    * <ul><li>The class to be activated and the special activation constructor are both public,
+    * and the class resides in a package that is
+    * {@linkplain Module#isExported(String,Module) exported}
+    * to at least the {@code java.rmi} module; or
+    *
+    * <li>The class to be activated resides in a package that is
+    * {@linkplain Module#isOpen(String,Module) open}
+    * to at least the {@code java.rmi} module.
+    * </ul>
+    *
+    * @param id the object's activation identifier
+    * @param desc the object's descriptor
+    * @return a marshalled object containing the serialized
+    * representation of remote object's stub
+    * @exception ActivationException if object activation fails
+    * @exception RemoteException if remote call fails
+    * @since 1.2
+    */
+    public MarshalledObject<? extends Remote> newInstance(ActivationID id,
+                                                          ActivationDesc desc)
+        throws ActivationException, RemoteException;
+}