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package org.sapia.ubik.rmi.server;

import java.rmi.RemoteException;

import org.sapia.ubik.net.ServerAddress;


/**
 * Specifies the behavior of Ubik RMI server implementations.
 * Allows to implement different types of servers.
 *
 * @author Yanick Duchesne
 * 
 * Copyright:
Copyright © 2002-2003 Sapia Open Source Software. All Rights Reserved.
 * License:
Read the license.txt file of the jar or visit the
 *        license page at the Sapia OSS web site
 * 
 */
public interface Server {
  /**
   * Returns this instance's address.
   *
   * a ServerAddress.
   */
  public ServerAddress getServerAddress();

  /***
   * Starts this server - this method should not block infinitely.
   *
   * @throws RemoteException if a problem occurs while starting up.
   */
  public void start() throws RemoteException;

  /**
   * Closes this server, which cleanly shuts down.
   */
  public void close();
}