package org.omg.PortableServer;


/**
* org/omg/PortableServer/ServantActivatorOperations.java .
* Generated by the IDL-to-Java compiler (portable), version "3.2"
* from ../../../../src/share/classes/org/omg/PortableServer/poa.idl
* Tuesday, June 10, 2008 1:33:17 AM GMT-08:00
*/


/**
	 * When the POA has the RETAIN policy it uses servant 
	 * managers that are ServantActivators. 
	 */
public interface ServantActivatorOperations  extends org.omg.PortableServer.ServantManagerOperations
{

  /**
	 * This operation is invoked by the POA whenever the 
	 * POA receives a request for an object that is not 
	 * currently active, assuming the POA has the 
	 * USE_SERVANT_MANAGER and RETAIN policies.
	 * @param oid object Id associated with the object on 
	 *            the request was made.
	 * @param adapter object reference for the POA in which
	 *                the object is being activated.
	 * @return Servant corresponding to oid is created or 
	 *         located by the user supplied servant manager.
	 * @exception ForwardRequest to indicate to the ORB 
	 *            that it is responsible for delivering 
	 *            the current request and subsequent 
	 *            requests to the object denoted in the 
	 *            forward_reference member of the exception.
	 */
  org.omg.PortableServer.Servant incarnate (byte[] oid, org.omg.PortableServer.POA adapter) throws org.omg.PortableServer.ForwardRequest;

  /**
	 * This operation is invoked whenever a servant for 
	 * an object is deactivated, assuming the POA has 
	 * the USE_SERVANT_MANAGER and RETAIN policies.
	 * @param oid object Id associated with the object 
	 *            being deactivated.
	 * @param adapter object reference for the POA in which
	 *                the object was active.
	 * @param serv contains reference to the servant
	 *        associated with the object being deactivated.
	 * @param cleanup_in_progress if TRUE indicates that
	 *        destroy or deactivate is called with 
	 *        etherealize_objects param of TRUE.  FALSE
	 *        indicates that etherealize was called due to
	 *        other reasons.
	 * @param remaining_activations indicates whether the
	 *        Servant Manager can destroy a servant.  If
	 *        set to TRUE, the Servant Manager should wait
	 *        until all invocations in progress have
	 *        completed.
	 */
  void etherealize (byte[] oid, org.omg.PortableServer.POA adapter, org.omg.PortableServer.Servant serv, boolean cleanup_in_progress, boolean remaining_activations);
} // interface ServantActivatorOperations