Unreferenced() never called when implementing Unreferenced.

Question

I have a remote object called DataFacade which implements the Unreferenced interface.
public class DataFacade extends UnicastRemoteObject implements DataInterface, Unreferenced {
// some methods
public void unreferenced() {
System.out.println("dummy");
unreferenced() never get called, even though I know there are no more client references to the remote object. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

unreferenced method only gets called when an exported objects client count has fallen to zero. If you want the object to be unexported and garbage collected all u have to do is to arrange for all local references to be cleared when unreferenced is called.
So the answer to your question is that your objects are not being unexported successfully.