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package javax.resource;
import javax.naming.Reference;
/** The Referenceable interface extends the javax.naming.Referenceable
* interface. It enables support for JNDI Reference mechanism for
* the registration of the connection factory in the JNDI name space.
* Note that the implementation and structure of Reference is specific
* to an application server.
*
* <p>The implementation class for a connection factory interface is
* required to implement both java.io.Serializable and
* javax.resource.Referenceable interfaces to support JNDI registration.
*
* @version 0.9
* @author Rahul Sharma
*
**/
public interface Referenceable extends javax.naming.Referenceable {
/** Sets the Reference instance. This method is called by the
* deployment code to set the Reference that can be later
* returned by the getReference method (as defined in the
* javax.naming.Referenceable interface).
*
* @param reference A Reference instance
* @see javax.naming.Referenceable#getReference
*
**/
public
void setReference(Reference reference);
}