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+/*
+ * Copyright 1999 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
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+ */
+
+package javax.naming;
+
+/**
+  * This interface is implemented by an object that can provide a
+  * Reference to itself.
+  *<p>
+  * A Reference represents a way of recording address information about
+  * objects which themselves are not directly bound to the naming system.
+  * Such objects can implement the Referenceable interface as a way
+  * for programs that use that object to determine what its Reference is.
+  * For example, when binding a object, if an object implements the
+  * Referenceable interface, getReference() can be invoked on the object to
+  * get its Reference to use for binding.
+  *
+  * @author Rosanna Lee
+  * @author Scott Seligman
+  * @author R. Vasudevan
+  *
+  * @see Context#bind
+  * @see javax.naming.spi.NamingManager#getObjectInstance
+  * @see Reference
+  * @since 1.3
+  */
+public interface Referenceable {
+    /**
+      * Retrieves the Reference of this object.
+      *
+      * @return The non-null Reference of this object.
+      * @exception NamingException If a naming exception was encountered
+      *         while retrieving the reference.
+      */
+    Reference getReference() throws NamingException;
+}