net.dpml.metro
Interface ComponentHandler

All Superinterfaces:
Commissionable, Component, ComponentContext, Remote

public interface ComponentHandler
extends Component, ComponentContext

Local interface through which a component implementation may interact with the assigned model, subsidary parts, and context.

Version:
1.2.0
Author:
Digital Product Meta Library

Method Summary
 Map getContextMap()
          Return a mutable context map.
 
Methods inherited from interface net.dpml.component.Component
getActivationPolicy, getProvider, isaCandidate, isActive, size
 
Methods inherited from interface net.dpml.component.Commissionable
commission, decommission
 
Methods inherited from interface net.dpml.metro.ComponentContext
getController
 

Method Detail

getContextMap

Map getContextMap()
                  throws RemoteException
Return a mutable context map. The map may be used by component implementations to override context entries in the associated component instance.

Returns:
the context map
Throws:
RemoteException - if a remote I/O error occurs