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+/*
+ * Copyright 1996-1998 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;
+
+/**
+ * An <code>RMIFailureHandler</code> can be registered via the
+ * <code>RMISocketFactory.setFailureHandler</code> call. The
+ * <code>failure</code> method of the handler is invoked when the RMI
+ * runtime is unable to create a <code>ServerSocket</code> to listen
+ * for incoming calls. The <code>failure</code> method returns a boolean
+ * indicating whether the runtime should attempt to re-create the
+ * <code>ServerSocket</code>.
+ *
+ * @author      Ann Wollrath
+ * @since       JDK1.1
+ */
+public interface RMIFailureHandler {
+
+    /**
+     * The <code>failure</code> callback is invoked when the RMI
+     * runtime is unable to create a <code>ServerSocket</code> via the
+     * <code>RMISocketFactory</code>. An <code>RMIFailureHandler</code>
+     * is registered via a call to
+     * <code>RMISocketFacotry.setFailureHandler</code>.  If no failure
+     * handler is installed, the default behavior is to attempt to
+     * re-create the ServerSocket.
+     *
+     * @param ex the exception that occurred during <code>ServerSocket</code>
+     *           creation
+     * @return if true, the RMI runtime attempts to retry
+     * <code>ServerSocket</code> creation
+     * @see java.rmi.server.RMISocketFactory#setFailureHandler(RMIFailureHandler)
+     * @since JDK1.1
+     */
+    public boolean failure(Exception ex);
+
+}