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    25 

    26 package java.rmi;

    27 

    28 /**

    29  * The <code>Remote</code> interface serves to identify interfaces whose

    30  * methods may be invoked from a non-local virtual machine.  Any object that

    31  * is a remote object must directly or indirectly implement this interface.

    32  * Only those methods specified in a "remote interface", an interface that

    33  * extends <code>java.rmi.Remote</code> are available remotely.

    34  *

    35  * <p>Implementation classes can implement any number of remote interfaces and

    36  * can extend other remote implementation classes.  RMI provides some

    37  * convenience classes that remote object implementations can extend which

    38  * facilitate remote object creation.  These classes are

    39  * <code>java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject</code> and

    40  * <code>java.rmi.activation.Activatable</code>.

    41  *

    42  * <p>For complete details on RMI, see the <a

    43  * href="{@docRoot}/../specs/rmi/index.html">RMI Specification</a> which

    44  * describes the RMI API and system.

    45  *

    46  * @since   1.1

    47  * @author  Ann Wollrath

    48  * @see     java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject

    49  * @see     java.rmi.activation.Activatable

    50  */

    51 public interface Remote {}