jgroup.relacs.gmi.protocols
Class BasicDispatcher

java.lang.Object
  jgroup.relacs.gmi.protocols.BasicDispatcher

All Implemented Interfaces:

ProtocolDispatcher

Direct Known Subclasses:

Anycast, Atomic, Leadercast, Multicast

public class BasicDispatcher
extends java.lang.Object
implements ProtocolDispatcher

BasicDispatcher is the super class for all protocols, and must be subclassed.

Author:

Hein Meling

Constructor Summary

BasicDispatcher(GroupInvocationDispatcher dispatcher)

Method Summary

InvocationResult	dispatch(java.io.InputStream in) Invoked to dispatch a method invocation on the local endpoint or on multiple external endpoints.
static IID	getIdentifier() Returns the invocation identifier (IID) for the currently executing method.
void	setServer(java.lang.Object server) The default implementation does not need access to the server object, and hence the call is ignored.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BasicDispatcher

public BasicDispatcher(GroupInvocationDispatcher dispatcher)

Method Detail

dispatch

public InvocationResult dispatch(java.io.InputStream in)
                          throws java.io.IOException

Description copied from interface: ProtocolDispatcher

Invoked to dispatch a method invocation on the local endpoint or on multiple external endpoints. The method may block until a result can be returned to the caller. It may also return null if problems occur, e.g. connectivity problems.

Specified by:

dispatch in interface ProtocolDispatcher

Parameters:

in - the method to invoke, encoded in the provided InputStream.

Returns:

the result of the method invocation.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Raised if the method invocation read from the InputStream could not be executed for some reason.

setServer

public void setServer(java.lang.Object server)

The default implementation does not need access to the server object, and hence the call is ignored. Implementations that need access to the server object needs to override this method.

Specified by:

setServer in interface ProtocolDispatcher

getIdentifier

public static IID getIdentifier()

Returns the invocation identifier (IID) for the currently executing method.