jxl.peermi
Class PeerRemoteObject

java.lang.Object
  java.rmi.server.RemoteObject
      java.rmi.server.RemoteServer
          java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject
              jxl.peermi.PeerRemoteObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.rmi.Remote, PeerRemote

Direct Known Subclasses:

ModuleServer, PeerRegistry

public abstract class PeerRemoteObject
extends java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject
implements PeerRemote

PeerRemoteObject must be extended to create a custom Peermi remote object. The subclass must implement at lease one PeerRemote interface.

Author:

Alex Lynch

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.rmi.server.RemoteObject

ref

Constructor Summary

PeerRemoteObject()
Just creates a PeerRemoteObject ready to use Peermi.

PeerRemoteObject(boolean registerByClass)
Creates a PeerRemoteObject.

PeerRemoteObject(int port)
Creates a new instance of PeerRemoteObject on a specified 'port.' This option is included to support the 'normal' client-server view of rmi.

Method Summary

void	checkAlive() Always returns true.
static boolean	isAlive(PeerRemote r) Calls r.checkAlive().
static PeerRemote	toStub(java.rmi.Remote r)

Methods inherited from class java.rmi.server.UnicastRemoteObject

clone, exportObject, exportObject, exportObject, unexportObject

Methods inherited from class java.rmi.server.RemoteServer

getClientHost, getLog, setLog

Methods inherited from class java.rmi.server.RemoteObject

equals, getRef, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PeerRemoteObject

public PeerRemoteObject()
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Just creates a PeerRemoteObject ready to use Peermi.

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException

PeerRemoteObject

public PeerRemoteObject(boolean registerByClass)
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Creates a PeerRemoteObject. If registerByClass is true then, bind this object in the local PeerRegistry like so PeerRegistry.getLocalInstance().bind(this, this.getClass().getName());

Parameters:

registerByClass - if true register by class name

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException

PeerRemoteObject

public PeerRemoteObject(int port)
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Creates a new instance of PeerRemoteObject on a specified 'port.' This option is included to support the 'normal' client-server view of rmi.

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException

Method Detail

isAlive

public static final boolean isAlive(PeerRemote r)

Calls r.checkAlive(). If a RemoteException occurs, return false, else true.

Parameters:

r - The PeerRemote object to check.

toStub

public static PeerRemote toStub(java.rmi.Remote r)
                         throws java.rmi.NoSuchObjectException

Throws:

java.rmi.NoSuchObjectException

checkAlive

public final void checkAlive()
                      throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Always returns true. This method is called by isAlive(PeerRemote)

Specified by:

checkAlive in interface PeerRemote

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException