/* Richard A. DeVenezia
 * SUGI 29 - "Greetings from the Edge"
 * www.devenezia.com/papers
 */

import java.rmi.Remote;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;

public interface HashInterface extends Remote
{
  // returned handle must be used to access all functions

  public int getHashHandle (int size, float load) throws RemoteException;

  public void freeHashHandle (int handle) throws RemoteException;

  public void put (int handle, String key, String value) throws RemoteException;
  public void put (int handle, String key, double value) throws RemoteException;

  public void put (int handle, double key, String value) throws RemoteException;
  public void put (int handle, double key, double value) throws RemoteException;

  public String getString (int handle, String key) throws RemoteException;
  public String getString (int handle, double key) throws RemoteException;

  public double getDouble (int handle, String key) throws RemoteException;
  public double getDouble (int handle, double key) throws RemoteException;
}