RemoteFunctionCall.java

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package org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.remote;

import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession;

/**
 * <p>
 * <b>Purpose</b>: This Interface provides the reference part of an remote command framework
 * Whereby, TopLink can issue function calls to distributed servers.  This framework reduces
 * the size of the ever growing RemoteController and RemoteConnection framework
 * Note that the only difference between this interface and RemoteCommand is execute method
 * returning a value
 * <p>
 * <b>Description</b>: Used as the Interface for making calls to the object
 * <p>
 */
public interface RemoteFunctionCall extends java.io.Serializable {

    /**
    * INTERNAL:
    * This method is used by the remote session controller to execute the function call
    */
    public Object execute(AbstractSession session, RemoteSessionController remoteSessionController);
}