/*
AdminAsyncResponder.java
Server-side interface for the serverAdminAsyncResponder object.
Created: 5 September 2003
Module By: Jonathan Abbey, jonabbey@arlut.utexas.edu
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Ganymede Directory Management System
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The University of Texas at Austin
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*/
package arlut.csd.ganymede.rmi;
import java.rmi.Remote;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import arlut.csd.ganymede.common.adminAsyncMessage;
/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
interface
AdminAsyncResponder
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/**
* <p>Remote Interface exported by the {@link
* arlut.csd.ganymede.server.serverAdminAsyncResponder} object. The console
* can call methods on this remote interface to query the server for
* new asynchronous notification events.</p>
*/
public interface AdminAsyncResponder extends Remote {
/**
* <p>Returns true if we are open for communications.</p>
*/
public boolean isAlive() throws RemoteException;
/**
* <p>Blocks waiting for the next group of asynchronous message from the
* server. Returns null if isAlive() is false.</p>
*/
public adminAsyncMessage[] getNextMsgs() throws RemoteException;
}