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

import java.rmi.Remote;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import java.rmi.activation.ActivationGroupID;
import java.rmi.activation.UnknownGroupException;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * An administrative interface for the activation system daemon. This
 * interface is implemented directly by the same proxy that implements
 * {@link java.rmi.activation.ActivationSystem}.
 *
 * @author Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 * 
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface ActivationAdmin extends Remote {
    /**
     * Returns a map from {@link ActivationGroupID} to
     * {@link java.rmi.activation.ActivationGroupDesc} for all registered
     * activation groups. The map contains a snapshot of the state at
     * the time of the call; subsequent state changes are not reflected
     * in the map, nor do changes in the map cause changes in the state
     * of the activation system daemon.
     *
     * @return a map from <code>ActivationGroupID</code> to
     * <code>ActivationGroupDesc</code> for all registered activation groups
     * @throws RemoteException if a communication-related exception occurs
     */
    Map getActivationGroups() throws RemoteException;

    /**
     * Returns a map from {@link java.rmi.activation.ActivationID} to
     * {@link java.rmi.activation.ActivationDesc} for all activatable objects
     * registered in the group registered under the specified activation
     * group identifier. The map contains a snapshot of the state at
     * the time of the call; subsequent state changes are not reflected
     * in the map, nor do changes in the map cause changes in the state
     * of the activation system daemon.
     *
     * @param id activation group identifier
     * @return a map from <code>ActivationID</code> to
     * <code>ActivationDesc</code> for all activatable objects registered in
     * the group registered under the specified activation group identifier
     * @throws UnknownGroupException if no group is registered under the
     * specified activation group identifier
     * @throws RemoteException if a communication-related exception occurs
     */
    Map getActivatableObjects(ActivationGroupID id)
	throws UnknownGroupException, RemoteException;
}
