Source code: jac/core/dist/rmi/RMIRemoteRef.java
1 /*
2
3 Copyright (C) 2001 Lionel Seinturier
4
5 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
7 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
8 License, or (at your option) any later version.
9
10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
14
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser Generaly Public License
16 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
17 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */
18
19 package jac.core.dist.rmi;
20
21 import jac.core.dist.RemoteContainer;
22 import jac.core.dist.RemoteRef;
23
24
25 /**
26 * RMIRemoteRef stores the reference of a remote object
27 * that can be accessed by the RMI protocol.
28 *
29 * @version 0.8.1
30 * @author <a href="http://www-src.lip6.fr/homepages/Lionel.Seinturier/index-eng.html">Lionel Seinturier</a>
31 */
32
33 public class RMIRemoteRef extends RemoteRef {
34
35 /**
36 * Default constructor. */
37
38 public RMIRemoteRef () {}
39
40 /**
41 * This is a full constructor for RemoteRef.
42 *
43 * @param remCont the ref of the container that handles the remote object.
44 * @param remIndex the index of the remote object
45 */
46
47 public RMIRemoteRef( RemoteContainer remCont, int remIndex ) {
48 super( remCont, remIndex );
49 }
50
51
52 /**
53 * This is a more friendly constructor for RemoteRef.
54 *
55 * @param remCont the name of the container that handles the remote object.
56 * @param remIndex the index of the remote object.
57 */
58
59 public RMIRemoteRef( String contName, int remIndex ) {
60 super( contName, remIndex );
61 }
62
63 /**
64 * This method resolves a container from a container name.
65 * This method simply delegates its job to a RMIRemoteContainer.
66 *
67 * @param contName the name of the container
68 * @return the container reference
69 */
70
71 public RemoteContainer resolve( String contName ) {
72
73 return RMINaming.resolve(contName);
74 }
75
76
77 /**
78 * This method re-gets the reference of a remote container.
79 * CORBA do not linearalize remote references in a standard way.
80 * Thus a remote reference may need to be adapted whenever it is transmitted.
81 *
82 * This method performs nothing in the case of RMI.
83 * This method is called when a remote reference
84 * is received by a RemoteContainer.
85 *
86 * @return the container reference
87 */
88
89 public RemoteContainer reresolve() { return null; }
90
91 }