/* * Copyright (c) 1999, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. * * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that * accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any * questions. */ package javax.naming; /**  * This interface is implemented by an object that can provide a  * Reference to itself.  *<p>  * A Reference represents a way of recording address information about  * objects which themselves are not directly bound to the naming system.  * Such objects can implement the Referenceable interface as a way  * for programs that use that object to determine what its Reference is.  * For example, when binding a object, if an object implements the  * Referenceable interface, getReference() can be invoked on the object to  * get its Reference to use for binding.  *  * @author Rosanna Lee  * @author Scott Seligman  * @author R. Vasudevan  *  * @see Context#bind  * @see javax.naming.spi.NamingManager#getObjectInstance  * @see Reference  * @since 1.3  */public interface Referenceable {    /**      * Retrieves the Reference of this object.      *      * @return The non-null Reference of this object.      * @exception NamingException If a naming exception was encountered      *         while retrieving the reference.      */    Reference getReference() throws NamingException;}