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1   /*
2    * #%L
3    * Nuiton Utils
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5    * Copyright (C) 2004 - 2010 CodeLutin
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21   */
22  package org.nuiton.util.rmi;
23  
24  import java.rmi.Remote;
25  import java.rmi.RemoteException;
26  
27  /**
28   * This class will act as an InvocationHandler except that it is distributed.
29   *
30   * @author Arnaud Thimel - thimel@codelutin.com
31   */
32  public interface RemoteMethodExecutor extends Remote {
33  
34      /**
35       * Acts like an InvocationHandler.
36       *
37       * @param methodName     name of the method to invoke
38       * @param parametersType parameters type to reliably identify the method
39       * @param args           method arguments to process the effective call
40       * @return the result of the delegate method
41       * @throws RemoteException for any error. Business exceptions will be
42       *                         wrapped.
43       */
44      Object execute(String methodName, Class<?>[] parametersType, Object[] args)
45              throws RemoteException;
46  
47  }