8.5 The Skeleton Interface

The interface Skeleton is used solely by the implementation of skeletons generated by the rmic compiler. A skeleton for a remote object is a server-side entity that dispatches calls to the actual remote object implementation.

package java.rmi.server;

public interface Skeleton {

    void dispatch(Remote obj, RemoteCall call, int opnum, long hash)
		throws Exception;

    Operation[] getOperations();
}

The dispatch method unmarshals any arguments from the input stream obtained from the call object, invokes the method (indicated by the operation number opnum) on the actual remote object implementation obj, and marshals the return value or throws an exception if one occurs during the invocation.

The getOperations method returns an array containing the operation descriptors for the remote object's methods.