e is sent to a <a href="../../../../com/ericsson/otp/erlang/OtpErlangPid.html" title="class in com.ericsson.otp.erlang"><code>pid</code></a> on the remote node.
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 This method makes it possible to wait for a node to come up, however, or
 check that a node is still alive.
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 This method calls a method with the same name in <a href="../../../../com/ericsson/otp/erlang/OtpNode.html#ping-java.lang.String-long-"><code>Otpnode</code></a> but is provided here for convenience.
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