com.prosyst.mbs.services.pmp

Interface RemoteMethod

public interface RemoteMethod

The client side representation of a method of an object located on the Framework. Instances of this class can be received from the methods RemoteObject.getMethod and RemoteObject.getMethods.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	changeReturnType(java.lang.Class newReturnType) Changes the return type of the method.
void	changeReturnType(java.lang.String newReturnType) Changes the return type of the method.
java.lang.String[]	getArgTypes() returns String array with classnames of all argumens of this method.
java.lang.String	getName() returns the name of the method.
java.lang.Object	invoke(java.lang.Object[] args, boolean serflag) Executes the method on the server.
java.lang.Object	invoke(java.lang.Object[] args, boolean serflag, java.lang.Class loader) Executes the method on the server.
java.lang.String	toString() Overwrites java.lang.Object toString() method.

Method Detail

invoke

java.lang.Object invoke(java.lang.Object[] args,
                        boolean serflag,
                        java.lang.Class loader)
                 throws PMPException

Executes the method on the server.

Parameters:

args - parameters' values

serflag - specifies how the method result should be returned. If true, return as Serializable or com.prosyst.util.io.Externalizable. Else return as RemoteObject. If the return type is void this parameter is ignored.

loader - the class to load return type. If this parameter is null then the default class loading is used.

Throws:

PMPException - If an IOException occred or if the method throwed an exception on the Framework.

invoke

java.lang.Object invoke(java.lang.Object[] args,
                        boolean serflag)
                 throws PMPException

Executes the method on the server.

Parameters:

args - parameters' values

serflag - specifies how the method result should be returned. If true, return as Serializable or com.prosyst.util.io.Externalizable. Else return as RemoteObject. If the return type is void this parameter is ignored.

Throws:

PMPException - If an IOException occred or if the method throwed an exception on the Framework.

changeReturnType

void changeReturnType(java.lang.String newReturnType)

Changes the return type of the method. This can be used to read the method's result in a different object than the original return type.

Parameters:

newReturnType - The new return type class name.

changeReturnType

void changeReturnType(java.lang.Class newReturnType)

Changes the return type of the method. Use this method if the new return type can't be found in the system class path.

Parameters:

newReturnType - The new return type class name.

getName

java.lang.String getName()

returns the name of the method.

getArgTypes

java.lang.String[] getArgTypes()

returns String array with classnames of all argumens of this method.

toString

java.lang.String toString()

Overwrites java.lang.Object toString() method.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object