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45 package org.exolab.jms.net.proxy;
46
47
48 /**
49  * Adapts unchecked exceptions, so that they can be rethrown as checked
50  * exceptions. By default, the ORB rethrows unchecked exceptions as {@link
51  * RemoteInvocationException}.
52  *
53  * @author <a HREF="mailto:tma@netspace.net.au">Tim Anderson</a>
54  * @version $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2005/03/24 13:49:33 $
55  */

56 public interface ThrowableAdapter {
57
58     /**
59      * Returns the type of the target exception.
60      *
61      * @return the type of the target exception
62      */

63     Class JavaDoc getTarget();
64
65     /**
66      * Adapts an {@link Throwable} to the target exception type.
67      *
68      * @param exception the exception to adapt
69      * @return the adapted exception
70      */

71     Throwable JavaDoc adapt(Throwable JavaDoc exception);
72 }
73
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