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package java.rmi.activation;

import java.rmi.MarshalledObject;
import java.rmi.Remote;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;

An ActivationInstantiator is responsible for creating
instances of "activatable" objects. A concrete subclass of
ActivationGroup implements the newInstance
method to handle creating objects within the group.
Author:
     Ann Wollrath
See Also:
ActivationGroup
Since:
      1.2/**
 * An <code>ActivationInstantiator</code> is responsible for creating
 * instances of "activatable" objects. A concrete subclass of
 * <code>ActivationGroup</code> implements the <code>newInstance</code>
 * method to handle creating objects within the group.
 *
 * @author      Ann Wollrath
 * @see         ActivationGroup
 * @since       1.2
 */
public interface ActivationInstantiator extends Remote {

   
The activator calls an instantiator's newInstance
method in order to recreate in that group an object with the
activation identifier, id, and descriptor,
desc. The instantiator is responsible for: 

 determining the class for the object using the descriptor's
getClassName method,
 loading the class from the code location obtained from the
descriptor (using the getLocation method),
 creating an instance of the class by invoking the special
"activation" constructor of the object's class that takes two
arguments: the object's ActivationID, and the
MarshalledObject containing object specific
initialization data, and
 returning a MarshalledObject containing the stub for the
remote object it created 
Params:
id – the object's activation identifier
desc – the object's descriptor
Throws:
ActivationException – if object activation fails
RemoteException – if remote call fails
Returns:
a marshalled object containing the serialized
representation of remote object's stub
Since:
1.2/**
    * The activator calls an instantiator's <code>newInstance</code>
    * method in order to recreate in that group an object with the
    * activation identifier, <code>id</code>, and descriptor,
    * <code>desc</code>. The instantiator is responsible for: <ul>
    *
    * <li> determining the class for the object using the descriptor's
    * <code>getClassName</code> method,
    *
    * <li> loading the class from the code location obtained from the
    * descriptor (using the <code>getLocation</code> method),
    *
    * <li> creating an instance of the class by invoking the special
    * "activation" constructor of the object's class that takes two
    * arguments: the object's <code>ActivationID</code>, and the
    * <code>MarshalledObject</code> containing object specific
    * initialization data, and
    *
    * <li> returning a MarshalledObject containing the stub for the
    * remote object it created </ul>
    *
    * @param id the object's activation identifier
    * @param desc the object's descriptor
    * @return a marshalled object containing the serialized
    * representation of remote object's stub
    * @exception ActivationException if object activation fails
    * @exception RemoteException if remote call fails
    * @since 1.2
    */
    public MarshalledObject<? extends Remote> newInstance(ActivationID id,
                                                          ActivationDesc desc)
        throws ActivationException, RemoteException;
}