llvm-gcc-4.2/libjava/classpath/org/omg/PortableServer/ForwardRequest.java

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package org.omg.PortableServer;

import org.omg.CORBA.UserException;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.IDLEntity;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * <p>
 * This exception is raised by {@link ServantManager} to indicate that the
 * invocation target has moved to another known location. In this case,
 * the client will receive a redirection (LOCATION_FORWARD) message and should
 * resend the request to the new target. The exception contains the object
 * reference, indicating the new location.
 * </p><p>
 * The exception can be thrown both by servant locators and servant activators.
 * If the exception is raised anywhere else than in the ServantManager
 * methods, it is handled as an ordinary user excepton.
 * </p>
 *
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
*/
public final class ForwardRequest
  extends UserException
  implements IDLEntity, Serializable
{
  /**
   * Use serialVersionUID (v1.4) for interoperability.
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = -4159318367582473975L;

  /**
   * The object reference, indicating the new location of the invocation target.
   */
  public org.omg.CORBA.Object forward_reference;

  /**
   * Create ForwardRequest with no explaining message and stating the
   * new location is <code>null</code>.
   */
  public ForwardRequest()
  {
  }

  /**
   * Create the ForwardRequest with explaining message and
   * initialising the object reference to the given value.
   *
   * @param why a string, explaining, why this exception has been thrown.
   * @param a_forward_reference a value for forward_reference.
   */
  public ForwardRequest(String why, org.omg.CORBA.Object a_forward_reference)
  {
    super(why);
    this.forward_reference = a_forward_reference;
  }

  /**
   * Create the ForwardRequest without explaining
   * message and initialising the object reference to the given value.
   *
   * @param a_forward_reference a value for forward_reference.
   */
  public ForwardRequest(org.omg.CORBA.Object a_forward_reference)
  {
    this.forward_reference = a_forward_reference;
  }
}