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package org.springframework.remoting.support;

/**
 * Abstract base class for classes that access a remote service.
 * Provides a "serviceInterface" bean property.
 *
 * <p>Note that the service interface being used will show some signs of
 * remotability, like the granularity of method calls that it offers.
 * Furthermore, it has to have serializable arguments etc.
 *
 * <p>Accessors are supposed to throw Spring's generic
 * {@link org.springframework.remoting.RemoteAccessException} in case
 * of remote invocation failure, provided that the service interface
 * does not declare {@code java.rmi.RemoteException}.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 13.05.2003
 * @see org.springframework.remoting.RemoteAccessException
 * @see java.rmi.RemoteException
 */
public abstract class RemoteAccessor extends RemotingSupport {

	private Class serviceInterface;


	/**
	 * Set the interface of the service to access.
	 * The interface must be suitable for the particular service and remoting strategy.
	 * <p>Typically required to be able to create a suitable service proxy,
	 * but can also be optional if the lookup returns a typed proxy.
	 */
	public void setServiceInterface(Class serviceInterface) {
		if (serviceInterface != null && !serviceInterface.isInterface()) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("'serviceInterface' must be an interface");
		}
		this.serviceInterface = serviceInterface;
	}

	/**
	 * Return the interface of the service to access.
	 */
	public Class getServiceInterface() {
		return this.serviceInterface;
	}

}
