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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=../../../platform/rmi/spec/rmiTOC.html>RMI Specification</a> which describes the RMI API and system.
44 *
45 * @since JDK1.1
46 * @author Ann Wollrath
47 * @see java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject
48 * @see java.rmi.activation.Activatable
49 */
50 public interface Remote {}
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