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package org.apache.beehive.controls.api.events;

import java.rmi.RemoteException;

import org.apache.beehive.controls.api.context.ControlHandle;

/**
 * The RemoteEventDispatcher interface defines the method signature that a container supporting
 * the external dispatch of Control events would implement if events can be dispatched using RMI.
 */
public interface RemoteEventDispatcher
{
    /**
     * Dispatches a Control event to a target control.
     * @param target the target control
     * @param event the event to deliver to the control
     * @param args the parameters to the control event
     * @throws IllegalAccessException the underlying event method is not accessible due to
     *         access control.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException the target is not valid, the event is not a valid event
     *         type for the requested target, or the argument types do not match the event
     *         signature.
     * @throws InvocationTargetException wraps any exception thrown by the underlying event
     *         handler.
     */ 
    public Object dispatchEvent(ControlHandle target, EventRef event, Object [] args)
        throws RemoteException;
}