wt.load
Class LocatorFactory

java.lang.Object
  extended bywt.load.LocatorFactory
All Implemented Interfaces:
ApplicationContextChild, Externalizable, Serializable

public class LocatorFactory
extends Object
implements ApplicationContextChild, Externalizable

Produces ObjectLocator objects as well as executes them to locate an object.  The LocatorFactory looks for ObjectLocator classes in the service.properties file
The service.properties entries are used as follows:



Supported API: false

Extendable: false

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Serialized Form

Field Summary
private  ApplicationContext applicationContext
           
private static String CLASSNAME
           
static long EXTERNALIZATION_VERSION_UID
           
private static LocatorFactory factory
           
private static String LOCATOR_CLASS_SUFFIX
           
protected static long OLD_FORMAT_VERSION_UID
           
private static String RESOURCE
           
(package private) static long serialVersionUID
           
private static String SERVICE_NAME
          Name of service in service.properties files.
private static boolean VERBOSE
           
 
Fields inherited from interface wt.services.applicationcontext.ApplicationContextChild
APPLICATION_CONTEXT
 
Constructor Summary
LocatorFactory()
           
 
Method Summary
 ApplicationContext getApplicationContext()
          Gets the object for the association that plays role: applicationContext.
private  ApplicationContextServices getApplicationContextServices()
           
static ObjectLocator getLocator(String name)
          Retrieves the locator object given the supplied locator name.
private static LocatorFactory getLocatorIssuer()
          returns an instance of the locator factory.
private static ObjectLocator getObjectLocator(String locator_name)
          Returns an ObjectLocator by using application context to gather it from service.properties.
static Object locateObject(String locator_name, String identifier)
          Finds the desired locator object based on name, then executes the locate method, returning the located object.
static void main(String[] args)
           
 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(LocatorFactory thisObject, ObjectInput input, long readSerialVersionUID, boolean passThrough, boolean superDone)
          Reads the non-transient fields of this class from an external source.
 void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext a_ApplicationContext)
          Sets the object for the association that plays role: applicationContext.
 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_NAME

private static final String SERVICE_NAME
Name of service in service.properties files.

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Constant Field Values

factory

private static LocatorFactory factory

applicationContext

private ApplicationContext applicationContext

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

VERBOSE

private static final boolean VERBOSE

LOCATOR_CLASS_SUFFIX

private static final String LOCATOR_CLASS_SUFFIX
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Constant Field Values
Constructor Detail

LocatorFactory

public LocatorFactory()
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(LocatorFactory 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

getLocator

public static ObjectLocator getLocator(String name)
Retrieves the locator object given the supplied locator name.

Supported API: false

Parameters:
name -
Returns:
ObjectLocator

locateObject

public static Object locateObject(String locator_name,
                                  String identifier)
Finds the desired locator object based on name, then executes the locate method, returning the located object.

Supported API: false

Parameters:
locator_name -
identifier -
Returns:
Object

getApplicationContext

public ApplicationContext getApplicationContext()
Gets the object for the association that plays role: applicationContext.

Supported API: false

Specified by:
getApplicationContext in interface ApplicationContextChild
Returns:
ApplicationContext

setApplicationContext

public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext a_ApplicationContext)
                           throws WTPropertyVetoException
Sets the object for the association that plays role: applicationContext.

Supported API: false

Specified by:
setApplicationContext in interface ApplicationContextChild
Parameters:
a_ApplicationContext -
Throws:
WTPropertyVetoException

getLocatorIssuer

private static LocatorFactory getLocatorIssuer()
returns an instance of the locator factory.


getObjectLocator

private static ObjectLocator getObjectLocator(String locator_name)
Returns an ObjectLocator by using application context to gather it from service.properties.


getApplicationContextServices

private ApplicationContextServices getApplicationContextServices()

main

public static void main(String[] args)