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package java.rmi.server;

/**

 * A remote object implementation should implement the

 * <code>Unreferenced</code> interface to receive notification when there are

 * no more clients that reference that remote object.

 *

 * @author  Ann Wollrath

 * @author  Roger Riggs

 * @since   JDK1.1

 */

public interface Unreferenced {

    /**

     * Called by the RMI runtime sometime after the runtime determines that

     * the reference list, the list of clients referencing the remote object,

     * becomes empty.

     * @since JDK1.1

     */

    public void unreferenced();

}