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+/*
+ * Copyright 1996-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+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   JDK1.1
+ * @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 JDK1.1
+     * @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 JDK1.1
+     * @deprecated no replacement
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    Operation[] getOperations();
+}