net.dpml.component
Interface Component

All Superinterfaces:

Commissionable, Remote

All Known Subinterfaces:

ComponentHandler

public interface Component
extends Remote, Commissionable

The Component represents a remote interface to a runtime component type.

Version:

1.0.4

Author:

Digital Product Meta Library

Method Summary

ActivationPolicy	getActivationPolicy() Get the activation policy.
Provider	getProvider() Return a provider of an instance of the component.
boolean	isaCandidate(Service service) Return true if this handler is a candidate for the supplied service definition.
boolean	isActive() Returns the commissioned status of the handler.
int	size() Return the number of instances currently under management.

Methods inherited from interface net.dpml.component.Commissionable

commission, decommission

Method Detail

getProvider

Provider getProvider()
                     throws IOException,
                            InvocationTargetException

Return a provider of an instance of the component.

Returns:

the instance provider

Throws:

InvocationTargetException - if a target invocation error occurs

IOException - if a IO error occurs

InvocationTargetException - if a component invocation error occurs

isaCandidate

boolean isaCandidate(Service service)
                     throws RemoteException

Return true if this handler is a candidate for the supplied service definition.

Parameters:

service - the service descriptor

Returns:

true if this is a candidate

Throws:

RemoteException - if a remote exception occurs

getActivationPolicy

ActivationPolicy getActivationPolicy()
                                     throws RemoteException

Get the activation policy. If the activation policy is STARTUP, an implementation a handler shall immidiately activation a runtime instance. If the policy is on DEMAND an implementation shall defer activiation until an explicit request is received. If the policy if SYSTEM activation may occur at the discretion of an implementation.

Returns:

the activation policy

Throws:

RemoteException - if a remote exception occurs

See Also:

ActivationPolicy.SYSTEM, ActivationPolicy.STARTUP, ActivationPolicy.DEMAND

isActive

boolean isActive()
                 throws RemoteException

Returns the commissioned status of the handler.

Returns:

TRUE if the handler has been commissioned otherwise FALSE

Throws:

RemoteException - if a remote exception occurs

size

int size()
         throws RemoteException

Return the number of instances currently under management.

Returns:

the instance count.

Throws:

RemoteException - if a remote exception occurs