Method¶

public abstract class Method extends Participant ¶

Objects of this class are methods which are associated to a local or remote server. Within a server, each method has a unique name. This class is primarily intended as a superclass for local and remote method classes. This class manages the Listener and Informer instances used to communicate between methods as well as a state pattern for activating them.

Author: jmoringe, swrede

Constructors¶

Method¶

protected Method(ParticipantCreateArgs<?> args)¶

Create a new Method object for the method named @a name.

Parameters: args – Arguments used to create a method instances. The last scope fragment is assumed to be the method name.

Methods¶

activate¶

public void activate()¶

deactivate¶

public void deactivate()¶

getFactory¶

protected Factory getFactory()¶

Returns the factory instance to use by this method for creating internal participants.

Returns: factory instance

getInformer¶

public Informer<?> getInformer()¶

Return the Informer object associated to this method. The Informer object may be created lazily.

Returns: The Informer object.

getListener¶

public Listener getListener()¶

Return the Listener object associated to this method. The Listener object may be created lazily.

Returns: The Listener object.

getName¶

public String getName()¶

Return the name of this method.

Returns: The name of this method.

isActive¶

public boolean isActive()¶

setInformer¶

protected void setInformer(Informer<?> informer)¶

Sets the informer instances used by this method communicate with counterparts.

Parameters: informer – the new informer instances

setListener¶

protected void setListener(Listener listener)¶

Sets the listener instance used by this method to communicate with counterparts.

Parameters: listener – the new listeners

toString¶

public String toString()¶