net.openwings.connector.utilities
Interface ConnectorRepository

public interface ConnectorRepository

This interface specifies a service that generates and stores connectors.

Method Summary

Connector

getConnector(java.lang.Class serviceInterface, java.lang.Class connectorInterface) This method returns a connector for the given interface (the choice of protocol is left to the ConnectorRepository implementation).

Method Detail

getConnector

public Connector getConnector(java.lang.Class serviceInterface,
                              java.lang.Class connectorInterface)
                       throws java.rmi.RemoteException

This method returns a connector for the given interface (the choice of protocol is left to the ConnectorRepository implementation). If the connector does not exist, it is created.

Parameters:

serviceInterface - Interface for which a connector is to be retrieved

connectorInterface - subtype of connector that is requested for example, net.openwings.connector.synchronous.SynchronousConnector or net.openwings.connector.asynchronous.AsynchronousConnector

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - if there is an error communicating with the service