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<h2 class="class">Class RemoteReference</h2>

<pre class="base-tree">
    <a href="twisted.persisted.styles.Ephemeral.html"><code>Ephemeral</code></a> --+
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<a href="twisted.spread.jelly.Jellyable.html"><code>Jellyable</code></a> --+   |
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 <a href="twisted.spread.flavors.Serializable.html"><code>Serializable</code></a> --+
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               <b>RemoteReference</b>
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<p>This is a translucent reference to a remote object.</p>
<p>I may be a reference to a <a 
href="twisted.spread.flavors.ViewPoint.html" 
class="link"><code>flavors.ViewPoint</code></a>, a <a 
href="twisted.spread.flavors.Referenceable.html" 
class="link"><code>flavors.Referenceable</code></a>, or an <a 
href="twisted.spread.pb.IPerspective.html" 
class="link"><code>IPerspective</code></a> implementor (e.g., pb.Avatar). 
From the client's perspective, it is not possible to tell which except by 
convention.</p>
<p>I am a &quot;translucent&quot; reference because although no 
additional bookkeeping overhead is given to the application programmer 
for manipulating a reference, return values are asynchronous.</p>
See also <a href="twisted.internet.defer.html" 
class="link"><code>twisted.internet.defer</code></a>.
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.spread.pb.RemoteReference.html#__init__" class="summary-sig-name"><code>__init__</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>perspective</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>broker</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>luid</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>doRefCount</span>)</span></code>
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(internal) Initialize me with a broker and a locally-unique ID.</td></tr>
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Compare me [to another <a 
href="twisted.spread.pb.RemoteReference.html" 
class="link"><code>RemoteReference</code></a>].</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.spread.pb.RemoteReference.html#__del__" class="summary-sig-name"><code>__del__</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
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Do distributed reference counting on finalization.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.spread.pb.RemoteReference.html#__hash__" class="summary-sig-name"><code>__hash__</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
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Hash me.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.spread.pb.RemoteReference.html#_disconnected" class="summary-sig-name"><code>_disconnected</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
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Called if we are disconnected and have callbacks registered.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.spread.pb.RemoteReference.html#callRemote" class="summary-sig-name"><code>callRemote</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>_name</span>,
          <span class="summary-sig-vararg">*args</span>,
          <span class="summary-sig-kwarg">**kw</span>)</span></code>
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Asynchronously invoke a remote method.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.spread.pb.RemoteReference.html#dontNotifyOnDisconnect" class="summary-sig-name"><code>dontNotifyOnDisconnect</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>callback</span>)</span></code>
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Remove a callback that was registered with notifyOnDisconnect.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.spread.pb.RemoteReference.html#jellyFor" class="summary-sig-name"><code>jellyFor</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>jellier</span>)</span></code>
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If I am being sent back to where I came from, serialize as a local 
backreference.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.spread.pb.RemoteReference.html#notifyOnDisconnect" class="summary-sig-name"><code>notifyOnDisconnect</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>callback</span>)</span></code>
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Register a callback to be called if our broker gets disconnected.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.spread.pb.RemoteReference.html#remoteMethod" class="summary-sig-name"><code>remoteMethod</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>key</span>)</span></code>
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Get a <a href="twisted.spread.pb.RemoteMethod.html" 
class="link"><code>RemoteMethod</code></a> for this key.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><a name="unjellyFor"></a><span class="summary-sig"><span class="summary-sig-name">unjellyFor</span>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>unjellier</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>unjellyList</span>)</span></code>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.spread.flavors.Serializable.html#processUniqueID" class="summary-sig-name"><code>processUniqueID</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
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Return an ID which uniquely represents this object for this 
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<td><b><a href="twisted.spread.pb.RemoteReference.html#broker"><code>broker</code></a></b>: The broker I am obtained through.</td></tr>
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<td><b><a href="twisted.spread.pb.RemoteReference.html#__implements__"><code>__implements__</code></a></b> = <span title="(&lt;class twisted.spread.interfaces.IUnjellyable at 0x84a65dc&gt;,)"><code>(&lt;class&nbsp;twisted.spread.interfaces.IUnje<span class="variable-ellipsis">...</span></code>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__init__</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>perspective</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>broker</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>luid</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>doRefCount</span>)</span>
    <br /><i>(Constructor)</i>
  </h3>
  <p>(internal) Initialize me with a broker and a locally-unique ID.</p>
  The ID is unique only to the particular Perspective Broker 
  instance.
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__cmp__</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>other</span>)</span>
    <br /><i>(Comparison operator)</i>
  </h3>
  Compare me [to another <a 
  href="twisted.spread.pb.RemoteReference.html" 
  class="link"><code>RemoteReference</code></a>].
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__del__</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>)</span>
    <br /><i>(Destructor)</i>
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  Do distributed reference counting on finalization.
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    <br /><i>(Hashing function)</i>
  </h3>
  Hash me.
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  Called if we are disconnected and have callbacks registered.
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          <span class=sig-arg>_name</span>,
          <span class="sig-vararg">*args</span>,
          <span class="sig-kwarg">**kw</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Asynchronously invoke a remote method.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>_name</b></code> -
         the name of the remote method to invoke
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>string</code>)</i>
      <dd><code><b>args</b></code> -
         arguments to serialize for the remote function
      <dd><code><b>kw</b></code> -
         keyword arguments to serialize for the remote function.
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        a Deferred which will be fired when the result of this remote 
        call is received.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<a href="twisted.internet.defer.Deferred.html" 
        class="link"><code>twisted.internet.defer.Deferred</code></a>)</i>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">dontNotifyOnDisconnect</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>callback</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Remove a callback that was registered with notifyOnDisconnect.
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">jellyFor</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>jellier</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  If I am being sent back to where I came from, serialize as a local 
  backreference.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Overrides:</b></dt>
      <dd><a href="twisted.spread.jelly.Jellyable.html#jellyFor"><code>twisted.spread.jelly.Jellyable.jellyFor</code></a></dd>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">notifyOnDisconnect</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>callback</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  <p>Register a callback to be called if our broker gets 
  disconnected.</p>
  This callback will be called with one argument, this instance.
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  </dd></dl>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">remoteMethod</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>key</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Get a <a href="twisted.spread.pb.RemoteMethod.html" 
  class="link"><code>RemoteMethod</code></a> for this key.
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<a name="broker"></a>
<h3>broker</h3>
The broker I am obtained through.
<dl>
  <dt></dt>
  <dd>
    <dl>
      <dt><b>Type:</b></dt>
      <dd>
          <a href="twisted.spread.pb.Broker.html" 
          class="link"><code>Broker</code></a>

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<a name="__implements__"></a>
<h3>__implements__</h3>
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  <dt></dt>
  <dd>
    <dl>
      <dt><b>Type:</b></dt>
      <dd>
          <code>tuple</code>

      </dd>
<span title="(&lt;class twisted.spread.interfaces.IUnjellyable at 0x84a65dc&gt;,)">      <dt><b>Value:</b></dt>
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