1 /*
2 * Copyright (c) 1998-2005 The Jgroup Team.
3 *
4 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2 as
6 * published by the Free Software Foundation.
7 *
8 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
9 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
10 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
11 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
12 *
13 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
14 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
15 * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
16 *
17 */
18 package jgroup.relacs.gm;
19
20 import java.io.IOException;
21
22 import jgroup.core.Layer;
23
24 /**
25 * Service interface for performing lookups from a replicated
26 * client group using the group-enabled lookup service (greg).
27 *
28 * See <code>LookupService<code> for more details.
29 *
30 * @author Rohnny Moland
31 * @since Jgroup 2.2
32 */
33 public interface GregLookupService
34 extends Layer
35 {
36 /**
37 * Returns a proxy for the remote object group associated with
38 * the specified name in greg.
39 *
40 * @param name
41 * The name associated with the remote object group.
42 * @return
43 * A proxy for the remote object group.
44 *
45 * @exception IOException
46 * If an error occured during lookup.
47 */
48 public Object lookup(String name)
49 throws IOException;
50
51 } // END GregLookupService