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J. Duke319a3b92007-12-01 00:00:00 +00001/*
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25
26package java.rmi.server;
27
28/**
29 * An <code>RMIFailureHandler</code> can be registered via the
30 * <code>RMISocketFactory.setFailureHandler</code> call. The
31 * <code>failure</code> method of the handler is invoked when the RMI
32 * runtime is unable to create a <code>ServerSocket</code> to listen
33 * for incoming calls. The <code>failure</code> method returns a boolean
34 * indicating whether the runtime should attempt to re-create the
35 * <code>ServerSocket</code>.
36 *
37 * @author Ann Wollrath
38 * @since JDK1.1
39 */
40public interface RMIFailureHandler {
41
42 /**
43 * The <code>failure</code> callback is invoked when the RMI
44 * runtime is unable to create a <code>ServerSocket</code> via the
45 * <code>RMISocketFactory</code>. An <code>RMIFailureHandler</code>
46 * is registered via a call to
47 * <code>RMISocketFacotry.setFailureHandler</code>. If no failure
48 * handler is installed, the default behavior is to attempt to
49 * re-create the ServerSocket.
50 *
51 * @param ex the exception that occurred during <code>ServerSocket</code>
52 * creation
53 * @return if true, the RMI runtime attempts to retry
54 * <code>ServerSocket</code> creation
55 * @see java.rmi.server.RMISocketFactory#setFailureHandler(RMIFailureHandler)
56 * @since JDK1.1
57 */
58 public boolean failure(Exception ex);
59
60}