hep.aida.ref.remote
Class RemoteConverter

java.lang.Object
  hep.aida.ref.remote.RemoteConverter

Direct Known Subclasses:

CorbaConverter, RmiConverter

public abstract class RemoteConverter

extends Object

Basic converter for creating and updating RemoteManagedObjects in the client tree. Also can extract data from "aidaType" AIDA object using only AIDA public methods. Concrete implementations should be one per AIDA Type per protocol. See "hep.aida.ref.remote.corba" package for examples.

Author:

serbo

Source Code:

RemoteConverter.java

Field Summary

protected String	aidaType
protected String	dataType
protected String	protocol

Constructor Summary

protected

RemoteConverter() Creates a new instance of CorbaConverter

Method Summary

String	aidaType()
abstract Object	createAidaObject(String name) Creates new instance of type "aidaType".
String	dataType()
abstract Object	extractData(Object aidaObject) Extract data from AIDA object
String	protocol()
abstract boolean	updateAidaObject(Object aidaObject, Object newData) Updates data contained by object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

protocol

protected String protocol

aidaType

protected String aidaType

dataType

protected String dataType

Constructor Detail

RemoteConverter

protected RemoteConverter()

Creates a new instance of CorbaConverter

Method Detail

protocol

public String protocol()

aidaType

public String aidaType()

dataType

public String dataType()

createAidaObject

public abstract Object createAidaObject(String name)

Creates new instance of type "aidaType".

updateAidaObject

public abstract boolean updateAidaObject(Object aidaObject,
                                         Object newData)

Updates data contained by object.

extractData

public abstract Object extractData(Object aidaObject)

Extract data from AIDA object