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/*

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 * RMI-IIOP v1.0

 * Copyright IBM Corp. 1998 1999  All Rights Reserved

 *

 */

package javax.rmi.CORBA;

import java.rmi.Remote;

import java.util.Hashtable;

import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ApplicationException;

import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;

import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;

import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ObjectImpl;

import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ResponseHandler;

import org.omg.CORBA.portable.Delegate;

import org.omg.CORBA.ORB;

/**

 * Defines methods which all RMI-IIOP server side ties must implement.

 */

public interface Tie extends org.omg.CORBA.portable.InvokeHandler {

    /**

     * Returns an object reference for the target object represented by

     * this tie.

     * @return an object reference for the target object.

     */

    org.omg.CORBA.Object thisObject();

    /**

     * Deactivates the target object represented by this tie.

     */

    void deactivate() throws java.rmi.NoSuchObjectException;

    /**

     * Returns the ORB for this tie.

     * @return the ORB.

     */

    ORB orb();

    /**

     * Sets the ORB for this tie.

     * @param orb the ORB.

     */

    void orb(ORB orb);

    /**

     * Called by {@link Util#registerTarget} to set the target

     * for this tie.

     * @param target the object to use as the target for this tie.

     */

    void setTarget(java.rmi.Remote target);

    /**

     * Returns the target for this tie.

     * @return the target.

     */

    java.rmi.Remote getTarget();

}