001/* ObjectReferenceTemplate.java --
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037
038
039package org.omg.PortableInterceptor;
040
041import org.omg.PortableServer.POA;
042
043/**
044 * Defines the identity of the portable object adapter ({@link POA}}. The
045 * adapter name, orb id and server id together uniquely define the identity
046 * of this adapter.
047 *
048 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
049 */
050public interface ObjectReferenceTemplate
051  extends ObjectReferenceFactory
052{
053  /**
054   * Get the name of this adapter. This name can be set by specifying
055   * the org.omg.CORBA.ORBid property in the ORB.Init(.., Properties).
056   * The default value includes the hashcode of the ORB instance and hence
057   * should normally differ for each ORB.
058   *
059   * @return the name of adapter, represented in the form of the string array.
060   */
061  String[] adapter_name();
062
063  /**
064   * The id of the {@link org.omg.CORBA.ORB} of this adapter.
065   *
066   * @return the ORB id, represented in the form of string.
067   */
068  String orb_id();
069
070  /**
071   * Get the server id of of this adapter. This name can be set by specifying
072   * the org.omg.CORBA.ServerId property in the ORB.Init(.., Properties) or
073   * in the system property. All ORB's on the same jre share the same value.
074   *
075   * @return the server id, represented in the form of string.
076   */
077  String server_id();
078}