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package com.hazelcast.spi;

import com.hazelcast.core.DistributedObject;

/**
 * An interface that can be implemented by SPI-Services to give them the ability to create proxies to
 * distributed objects.
 *
 * @author mdogan 10/31/12
 */
public interface RemoteService {

    /**
     * Creates a distributed object.
     *
     * @param objectName the name for the created distributed object
     * @return the created distributed object
     */
    DistributedObject createDistributedObject(String objectName);

    /**
     * Destroys a distributed object.
     *
     * @param objectName the name of the distributed object to destroy
     */
    void destroyDistributedObject(String objectName);
}