wt.federation
Class FederationServerHelper

java.lang.Object
  extended bywt.federation.FederationServerHelper
All Implemented Interfaces:
Externalizable, Serializable

public class FederationServerHelper
extends Object
implements Externalizable

FederationServerHelper provides server invokable methods to federation services. These methods are executed on the server side. It also provides access to the methods of the FederationServiceSvr interface.

Supported API: true

Extendable: false

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Serialized Form

Field Summary
private static String CLASSNAME
           
static long EXTERNALIZATION_VERSION_UID
           
protected static long OLD_FORMAT_VERSION_UID
           
private static String RESOURCE
           
(package private) static long serialVersionUID
           
static FederationServiceSvr service
          

Supported API: false
private static Hashtable subclassCache
           
private static boolean VERBOSE
           
 
Constructor Summary
FederationServerHelper()
           
 
Method Summary
static Class getFederatedSubclass(Class objectClass)
          Finds a subclass of the specified class that implements the Federated interface.
static boolean hasExpired(Federated proxy)
          Returns true if the specified proxy object has expired.
static void initializeProxy(Federated proxy, FederatedService service)
          Initializes the properties of a proxy object that control expiration and refreshing.
static boolean isStale(Federated proxy)
          Returns true if the specified proxy object is stale.
 void readExternal(ObjectInput input)
          Reads the non-transient fields of this class from an external source.
private  boolean readOldVersion(ObjectInput input, long readSerialVersionUID, boolean passThrough, boolean superDone)
          Reads the non-transient fields of this class from an external source, which is not the current version.
protected  boolean readVersion(FederationServerHelper thisObject, ObjectInput input, long readSerialVersionUID, boolean passThrough, boolean superDone)
          Reads the non-transient fields of this class from an external source.
 void writeExternal(ObjectOutput output)
          Writes the non-transient fields of this class to an external source.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

RESOURCE

private static final String RESOURCE
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Constant Field Values

CLASSNAME

private static final String CLASSNAME

service

public static final FederationServiceSvr service


Supported API: false


serialVersionUID

static final long serialVersionUID
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Constant Field Values

EXTERNALIZATION_VERSION_UID

public static final long EXTERNALIZATION_VERSION_UID
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Constant Field Values

OLD_FORMAT_VERSION_UID

protected static final long OLD_FORMAT_VERSION_UID
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Constant Field Values

subclassCache

private static Hashtable subclassCache

VERBOSE

private static boolean VERBOSE
Constructor Detail

FederationServerHelper

public FederationServerHelper()
Method Detail

writeExternal

public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput output)
                   throws IOException
Writes the non-transient fields of this class to an external source.

Supported API: false

Specified by:
writeExternal in interface Externalizable
Parameters:
output -
Throws:
IOException

readExternal

public void readExternal(ObjectInput input)
                  throws IOException,
                         ClassNotFoundException
Reads the non-transient fields of this class from an external source.

Supported API: false

Specified by:
readExternal in interface Externalizable
Parameters:
input -
Throws:
IOException
ClassNotFoundException

readVersion

protected boolean readVersion(FederationServerHelper thisObject,
                              ObjectInput input,
                              long readSerialVersionUID,
                              boolean passThrough,
                              boolean superDone)
                       throws IOException,
                              ClassNotFoundException
Reads the non-transient fields of this class from an external source.

Supported API: false

Parameters:
thisObject -
input -
readSerialVersionUID -
passThrough -
superDone -
Returns:
boolean
Throws:
IOException
ClassNotFoundException

readOldVersion

private boolean readOldVersion(ObjectInput input,
                               long readSerialVersionUID,
                               boolean passThrough,
                               boolean superDone)
                        throws IOException,
                               ClassNotFoundException
Reads the non-transient fields of this class from an external source, which is not the current version.

Parameters:
input -
readSerialVersionUID -
passThrough -
superDone -
Returns:
boolean
Throws:
IOException
ClassNotFoundException

getFederatedSubclass

public static Class getFederatedSubclass(Class objectClass)
                                  throws FederationServicesException
Finds a subclass of the specified class that implements the Federated interface.

Supported API: false

Parameters:
objectClass - the class to find a Federated subclasses of.
Returns:
Class
Throws:
FederationServicesException

hasExpired

public static boolean hasExpired(Federated proxy)
                          throws FederationServicesException
Returns true if the specified proxy object has expired.

Supported API: true

Parameters:
proxy - the proxy object.
Returns:
boolean
Throws:
FederationServicesException

initializeProxy

public static void initializeProxy(Federated proxy,
                                   FederatedService service)
                            throws FederationServicesException
Initializes the properties of a proxy object that control expiration and refreshing.

Supported API: false

Parameters:
proxy - the proxy object to be initialized.
service - the FederatedService that maintains the proxy object.
Throws:
FederationServicesException

isStale

public static boolean isStale(Federated proxy)
                       throws FederationServicesException
Returns true if the specified proxy object is stale.

Supported API: true

Parameters:
proxy - the proxy object.
Returns:
boolean
Throws:
FederationServicesException