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package org.jboss.invocation.iiop;
import org.omg.PortableServer.POA;
/**
* Interface of a CORBA reference factory. Such a factory encapsulates a POA
* and provides reference creation methods.
*
* @author Francisco Reverbel
* @version $Revision: 81018 $
*/
public interface ReferenceFactory
{
/**
* Creates a reference with a null id in its "reference data" and
* with object type information given by the interfId
* parameter.
*/
org.omg.CORBA.Object createReference(String inferfId) throws Exception;
/**
* Creates a reference with the specified id in its
* "reference data" and with object type information given by the
* interfId parameter.
*/
org.omg.CORBA.Object createReferenceWithId(Object id, String interfId)
throws Exception;
/**
* Returns a reference to the POA encapsulated by this
* ReferenceFactory.
*/
POA getPOA();
}