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 * Test Platform(s):
 * Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, Version 1.4.2_03 for Solaris(TM)SPARC/x86
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 * Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, Version 1.4.2_03 for Windows (Intel Platform)
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 */
package com.sun.jini.phoenix;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.rmi.activation.ActivationGroupID;
import java.rmi.activation.ActivationGroupDesc;

/**
 * Defines the interface for handlers of the output of activation group
 * processes.
 *
 * @author Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 * 
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface GroupOutputHandler {
    /**
     * Handles the output from an activation group process. The data
     * from each of the specified streams must be read (asynchronously after
     * this method returns) until EOF is reached, and processed in whatever
     * manner is deemed appropriate by the handler.
     *
     * @param id the activation group identifier of the group
     * @param desc the activation group descriptor of the group
     * @param incarnation the current incarnation number of the group
     * @param name the name of the group, in the form "Group-<i>n</i>"
     * @param out a stream that produces the standard output of the group
     * @param err a stream that produces the error output of the group
     */
    void handleOutput(ActivationGroupID id,
		      ActivationGroupDesc desc,
		      long incarnation,
		      String name,
		      InputStream out,
		      InputStream err);
}
