Source for javax.rmi.CORBA.Tie

   1: /* Tie.java --
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  37: 
  38: package javax.rmi.CORBA;
  39: 
  40: import java.rmi.NoSuchObjectException;
  41: import java.rmi.Remote;
  42: import org.omg.CORBA.ORB;
  43: import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InvokeHandler;
  44: 
  45: /**
  46:  * <p>
  47:  * A Tie serves as a CORBA Servant or implementation base. It is connected to
  48:  * the ORB on a server side, providing the implementation of the required
  49:  * functionality. ORB access this implementation using {@link InvokeHandler}
  50:  * ._invoke(..). All such calls are finally delegated to the object, returned by
  51:  * {@link #getTarget()}.
  52:  * </p>
  53:  * <p>
  54:  * Ties are generated from implementations (name pattern *Impl) and have the
  55:  * name pattern _*Impl_Tie, for instance:<br>
  56:  * <code>rmic -keep -iiop -poa -always gnu.testlet.java.rmi.Remote.CalculatorImpl</code>
  57:  * </p>
  58:  * <p>
  59:  * Ties should normally be derived from the
  60:  * {@link org.omg.PortableServer.Servant}. Such ties are generated by
  61:  * <code>rmic</code> compiler using <code>-poa</code> key. Ties can be also
  62:  * derived from {@link org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable.ObjectImpl}.
  63:  * </p>
  64:  * 
  65:  * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
  66:  */
  67: public interface Tie
  68:   extends InvokeHandler
  69: {
  70:   /**
  71:    * Get the invocation target, where all method calls should be delegated.
  72:    * 
  73:    * @return the object, implementing methods, defined in the interface being
  74:    * served by this Tie.
  75:    */
  76:   Remote getTarget();
  77: 
  78:   /**
  79:    * Set the invocation target, where all method calls should be delegated.
  80:    * 
  81:    * @param target the object, implementing methods, defined in the interface
  82:    * being served by this Tie. The code, produced by a typical rmic compiler
  83:    * usually requires the target to be an instance of the implementation from
  84:    * that the Tie was generated.
  85:    * 
  86:    * @throws ClassCastException if the passed parameter is not an instance of
  87:    * the implementation from that the Tie was generated.
  88:    */
  89:   void setTarget(Remote target);
  90: 
  91:   /**
  92:    * Get the ORB to that this Tie is connected.
  93:    * 
  94:    * @see org.omg.PortableServer.Servant#_orb
  95:    */
  96:   ORB orb();
  97: 
  98:   /**
  99:    * Connect this Tie to the given ORB.
 100:    */
 101:   void orb(ORB orb);
 102: 
 103:   /**
 104:    * Get the object that delegates calls to this tie.
 105:    * 
 106:    * @see org.omg.PortableServer.Servant#_this_object()
 107:    */
 108:   org.omg.CORBA.Object thisObject();
 109: 
 110:   /**
 111:    * Deactivate this Tie. The tie is normally deactivated using POA mechanisms.
 112:    * Depending on the POA policies, it may be possible to activate the Tie
 113:    * again. The ties that are not derived from
 114:    * {@link org.omg.PortableServer.Servant} deactivate themselves by
 115:    * {@link ORB#disconnect}.
 116:    * 
 117:    * @throws NoSuchObjectException if there are no objects served by this Tie,
 118:    * or if the these objects are already deactivated.
 119:    * 
 120:    * @see org.omg.PortableServer.POAOperations#deactivate_object
 121:    */
 122:   void deactivate()
 123:     throws NoSuchObjectException;
 124: