class ItemImpl extends EntityImpl<Item> implements Item interface ItemType extends ReferenceEntity<ItemType> class ItemTypeImpl extends ReferenceEntityImpl<ItemType> implements ItemType </pre><BR>heh.

Crazy? Consider the Java Servlet: Have you ever thought about why it is you override specific methods in one class rather than, say, MyServlet implements HttpGet?

Implements an interface that extends java.rmi.Remote Has a properly generated RMI stub class that implements the same interface Is properly exported to allow incoming RMI calls ...