net.dpml.component
Interface Controller

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompositionController

public interface Controller

The Controller interface defines the a contract for an object that provides generalized part loading.

Version:

1.0.4

Author:

Digital Product Meta Library

Field Summary

static Controller

STANDARD Static default controller.

Method Summary

Component	createComponent(Model model) Create and return a remote reference to a component handler.
Component	createComponent(URI uri) Create and return a remote reference to a component handler.
Model	createModel(Composition composition) Create and return a new management context using the supplied directive uri.
Model	createModel(URI uri) Create and return a new management context using the supplied directive uri.
URI	getURI() Returns the identity of the object implementing this interface.

Field Detail

STANDARD

static final Controller STANDARD

Static default controller.

Method Detail

getURI

URI getURI()

Returns the identity of the object implementing this interface.

Returns:

a uri identifying the object

createModel

Model createModel(URI uri)
                  throws ControlException,
                         IOException

Create and return a new management context using the supplied directive uri.

Parameters:

uri - a uri identifying a deployment directive

Returns:

the management context model

Throws:

ControlException - if an error occurs

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

createModel

Model createModel(Composition composition)
                  throws ControlException,
                         IOException

Create and return a new management context using the supplied directive uri.

Parameters:

composition - a composition directive

Returns:

the management model

Throws:

ControlException - if an error occurs

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

createComponent

Component createComponent(URI uri)
                          throws Exception

Create and return a remote reference to a component handler.

Parameters:

uri - a uri identifying a deployment directive

Returns:

the component handler

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs

createComponent

Component createComponent(Model model)
                          throws Exception

Create and return a remote reference to a component handler.

Parameters:

model - the management context

Returns:

the component handler

Throws:

Exception - if a component construction error occurs