Unreferenced (Java Platform SE 8 )
Keywords: java.rmi.server.Unreferenced interface
Date: 2026-04-17

compact2, compact3
java.rmi.server

## Interface Unreferenced

- All Known Implementing Classes:
    RMIConnectionImpl

      public interface Unreferenced

  A remote object implementation should implement the `Unreferenced` interface to receive notification when there are no more clients that reference that remote object.
  Since:
    JDK1.1

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | `unreferenced()` Called by the RMI runtime sometime after the runtime determines that the reference list, the list of clients referencing the remote object, becomes empty.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### unreferenced

          void unreferenced()

      Called by the RMI runtime sometime after the runtime determines that the reference list, the list of clients referencing the remote object, becomes empty.
      Since:
        JDK1.1

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