/interpreter/tags/at2dist110511/src/edu/vub/at/actors/ATFarReference.java
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1/** 2 * AmbientTalk/2 Project 3 * ATFarReference.java created on Dec 5, 2006 at 11:19:05 PM 4 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007 5 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx 6 * 7 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person 8 * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation 9 * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without 10 * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, 11 * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or 12 * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the 13 * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following 14 * conditions: 15 * 16 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be 17 * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 18 * 19 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, 20 * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES 21 * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND 22 * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT 23 * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, 24 * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING 25 * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR 26 * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. 27 */ 28package edu.vub.at.actors; 29 30import edu.vub.at.actors.id.ATObjectID; 31import edu.vub.at.exceptions.InterpreterException; 32import edu.vub.at.objects.ATObject; 33import edu.vub.at.objects.ATTable; 34 35/** 36 * ATFarReference is an object reference denoting an object hosted by another actor. 37 * 38 * @author smostinc 39 */ 40public interface ATFarReference extends ATObject { 41 42 /** 43 * Retracts all of the outgoing messages buffered in this far object reference 44 * by passing them in a table. 45 * 46 * After this method has been invoked, the outgoing message queue of this far 47 * reference will be empty. 48 */ 49 public ATTable meta_retractUnsentMessages() throws InterpreterException; 50 51 public ATObjectID impl_getObjectId(); 52 53}