net.openwings.connector
Interface ConnectorSourceGenerator

public interface ConnectorSourceGenerator

This interface describes a tool that is used to generate source files for the connector that can be used for a given interface. Because connectors have abstracted out the protocol specific code from two applications that want to communicate, it becomes fairly trivial to write a generator that can generate code to do the protocol specific calls. This makes it easier for a developer to develop an application that can communicate with other applications, without the developer having to learn all of the ins and outs of the protocol being used.

Method Summary

void	generateConnector(java.lang.Class serviceInterface, java.lang.String connectorName, java.lang.String outputDirectory) The proxies for the interfaces given to the constructor will be created and saved in the outputDirectory provided.

Method Detail

generateConnector

public void generateConnector(java.lang.Class serviceInterface,
                              java.lang.String connectorName,
                              java.lang.String outputDirectory)
                       throws ConnectorGeneratorExceptions

The proxies for the interfaces given to the constructor will be created and saved in the outputDirectory provided.

Parameters:

serviceInterface - interface for which the connector source code will be generated. This must be a valid service interface according to the standards outlined in the Openwings Interface Specification.

connectorName - desired class name for the connector.

outputDirectory - directory in which to place source code files.

Throws:

ConnectorGeneratorExceptions - thrown for all of the errors that occurred during generation