jxl.enclosure.peer
Interface ModuleServerInterface

All Superinterfaces:

PeerRemote, java.rmi.Remote

All Known Implementing Classes:

ModuleServer

public interface ModuleServerInterface
extends PeerRemote

PeerRemote interface to the ModuleServer

Author:

Alex Lynch

Method Summary

ObjectPair<byte[],Version>	locate(java.lang.String[] classNames) Find a module containing a class whose name is className
ObjectPair<byte[],Version>	update(java.lang.String module, Version version) Search for a newer version than version of module

Methods inherited from interface jxl.peermi.PeerRemote

checkAlive

Method Detail

update

ObjectPair<byte[],Version> update(java.lang.String module,
                                  Version version)
                                  throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Search for a newer version than version of module

Parameters:

module - The name of the module to find

version - The current version

Returns:

If a module newer than version was found, return a ObjectPair containing byte[] data of the module, and the Version of that module. If no such module was found, return null;

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException

locate

ObjectPair<byte[],Version> locate(java.lang.String[] classNames)
                                  throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Find a module containing a class whose name is className

Parameters:

className -

Returns:

An ObjectPair containing the byte[] data of the module and its Version, or null if it could not be found

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException