org.springframework.remoting.rmi
Interface RmiInvocationHandler

All Superinterfaces:

Remote

public interface RmiInvocationHandler
extends Remote

Interface for RMI invocation handlers instances on the server, wrapping exported services. A client uses a stub implementing this interface to access such a service.

This is an SPI interface, not to be used directly by applications.

Since:

14.05.2003

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

Method Summary

String	getTargetInterfaceName() Return the name of the target interface that this invoker operates on.
Object	invoke(RemoteInvocation invocation) Apply the given invocation to the target object.

Method Detail

getTargetInterfaceName

String getTargetInterfaceName()
                              throws RemoteException

Return the name of the target interface that this invoker operates on.

Returns:

the name of the target interface, or null if none

Throws:

RemoteException - in case of communication errors

See Also:

RemoteExporter.getServiceInterface()

invoke

Object invoke(RemoteInvocation invocation)
              throws RemoteException,
                     NoSuchMethodException,
                     IllegalAccessException,
                     InvocationTargetException

Apply the given invocation to the target object.

Called by RmiClientInterceptor.doInvoke(org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation, RmiInvocationHandler).

Parameters:

invocation - object that encapsulates invocation parameters

Returns:

the object returned from the invoked method, if any

Throws:

RemoteException - in case of communication errors

NoSuchMethodException - if the method name could not be resolved

IllegalAccessException - if the method could not be accessed

InvocationTargetException - if the method invocation resulted in an exception