1 /* 2 * @(#)Remote.java 1.15 03/12/19 3 * 4 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. 5 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms. 6 */ 7 8 package java.rmi; 9 10 /** 11 * The <code>Remote</code> interface serves to identify interfaces whose 12 * methods may be invoked from a non-local virtual machine. Any object that 13 * is a remote object must directly or indirectly implement this interface. 14 * Only those methods specified in a "remote interface", an interface that 15 * extends <code>java.rmi.Remote</code> are available remotely. 16 * 17 * <p>Implementation classes can implement any number of remote interfaces and 18 * can extend other remote implementation classes. RMI provides some 19 * convenience classes that remote object implementations can extend which 20 * facilitate remote object creation. These classes are 21 * <code>java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject</code> and 22 * <code>java.rmi.activation.Activatable</code>. 23 * 24 * <p>For complete details on RMI, see the <a 25 href=../../../guide/rmi/spec/rmiTOC.html>RMI Specification</a> which describes the RMI API and system. 26 * 27 * @version 1.15, 12/19/03 28 * @since JDK1.1 29 * @author Ann Wollrath 30 * @see java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject 31 * @see java.rmi.activation.Activatable 32 */ 33 public interface Remote {} 34