1 /*
2 * #%L
3 * Nuiton Utils
4 * %%
5 * Copyright (C) 2004 - 2010 CodeLutin
6 * %%
7 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
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11 *
12 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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14 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 * GNU General Lesser Public License for more details.
16 *
17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Lesser Public
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19 * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html>.
20 * #L%
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 }