Java Platform 1.2
Beta 4

Class java.rmi.activation.ActivationGroup

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.rmi.server.RemoteObject
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        +--java.rmi.server.RemoteServer
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              +--java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject
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                    +--java.rmi.activation.ActivationGroup

public abstract class ActivationGroup
extends UnicastRemoteObject
implements ActivationInstantiator
An ActivationGroup is responsible for creating new instances of "activatable" objects in its group, informing its ActivationMonitor when either: its object's become active or inactive, or the group as a whole becomes inactive.

An ActivationGroup is initially created in one of several ways: