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Artifact with proxy functionality for plain remote procedure calls (RPC), a POJO alternative to RMI.

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package org.refcodes.remoting;

/**
 * The Interface MethodRequest.
 */
public interface MethodRequest extends Session {

	/**
	 * Returns the name of the method represented by this method object, as a
	 * String.
	 * 
	 * @return The name of the method represented by this method object is
	 *         returned
	 */
	String getMethodName();

	/**
	 * Returns an array of Class objects that represent the formal parameter
	 * types, in declaration order, of the method represented by this Method
	 * object.
	 * 
	 * @return Description is currently not available!
	 */
	Class[] getArgumentTypeArray();

	// Class getReturnType();

	/**
	 * Returns the arguments to be passed to the method which in turn will be
	 * invoked on the target object.
	 * 
	 * @return The Object array being the arguments to be passed to the method
	 *         of the target.
	 */
	Object[] getArgumentArray();
}