/*
Ganymediator.java
This interface provides a means whereby clients can provide
additional information to the server in response to a dialog
request.
The name for this class is the fault of el Webjefe Felipe Campos,
felipe@uts.cc.utexas.edu
Created: 27 January 1998
Module By: Jonathan Abbey, jonabbey@arlut.utexas.edu
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Ganymede Directory Management System
Copyright (C) 1996 - 2004
The University of Texas at Austin
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*/
package arlut.csd.ganymede.rmi;
import java.rmi.Remote;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import arlut.csd.ganymede.common.ReturnVal;
/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
interface
Ganymediator
------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/**
* <p>This interface provides a means whereby clients can provide
* additional information to the server in response to a dialog
* request.</p>
*
* <p>The name for this class is the fault of el Webjefe Felipe Campos,
* felipe@uts.cc.utexas.edu.</p>
*
* @see arlut.csd.JDialog.StringDialog
*/
public interface Ganymediator extends Remote {
/**
* This method is used to provide feedback to the server from a client
* in response to a specific request.
*
* @param returnHash a hashtable mapping strings to values. The strings
* are titles of fields specified in a dialog that was provided to the
* client. If returnHash is null, this corresponds to the user hitting
* cancel on such a dialog.
*
*/
public ReturnVal respond(Hashtable returnHash) throws RemoteException;
}