org.jcreme.enumerations
Interface RemoteEnumerationInitializer

All Superinterfaces:

java.rmi.Remote

All Known Implementing Classes:

RemoteEnumerationInitializerImpl

public interface RemoteEnumerationInitializer

extends java.rmi.Remote

This interface enable to expose an EnumerationInitializer through RMI.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

$Author: dbregeon $

Method Summary

Enumeration[]

loadValues(java.lang.Class enumerationClass) This method enables to load the values associated with the given class.

Method Detail

loadValues

public Enumeration[] loadValues(java.lang.Class enumerationClass)
                         throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
                                java.rmi.RemoteException

This method enables to load the values associated with the given class. After a call to this method, the values are available through the usual class methods.

Parameters:

enumerationClass - a subclass of the EnumerationClass.

Returns:

the same class a the enumeration class containing the values.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the given class is null, not a subclass of Enumeration or an abstract sublass of Enumeration.

java.rmi.RemoteException - when an RMI error occurs.