01: /*
02: * CoadunationLib: The coaduntion implementation library.
03: * Copyright (C) 2006 Rift IT Contracting
04: *
05: * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
06: * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
07: * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
08: * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
09: *
10: * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13: * Lesser General Public License for more details.
14: *
15: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16: * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
17: * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
18: *
19: * OrbManager.java
20: *
21: * An interface responsible for supplying the basic methods to manage an orb
22: * reference.
23: */
24:
25: // package path
26: package com.rift.coad.lib.naming;
27:
28: // java imports
29: import org.omg.CORBA.ORB;
30: import org.omg.PortableServer.POA;
31:
32: /**
33: * An interface responsible for supplying the basic methods to manage an orb
34: * reference.
35: *
36: * @author Brett Chaldecott
37: */
38: public interface OrbManager {
39: /**
40: * This method returns a reference to the orb.
41: *
42: * @return The reference to the orb.
43: */
44: public ORB getORB();
45:
46: /**
47: * The reference to the poa.
48: */
49: public POA getPOA();
50:
51: /**
52: * This method is called to terminate the orb.
53: */
54: public void terminate();
55: }
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