net.jini.discovery

Class ConstrainableLookupLocator

java.lang.Object

net.jini.core.discovery.LookupLocator

net.jini.discovery.ConstrainableLookupLocator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, RemoteMethodControl

public final class ConstrainableLookupLocator
extends LookupLocator
implements RemoteMethodControl

LookupLocator subclass which supports constraint operations through the RemoteMethodControl interface. The constraints of a ConstrainableLookupLocator instance control how it performs unicast discovery, and apply only to its getRegistrar() and getRegistrar(int) methods. The constraints may also be used by other utilities, such as LookupLocatorDiscovery, to determine how unicast discovery should be performed on behalf of a given ConstrainableLookupLocator instance. Untrusted ConstrainableLookupLocator instances can be verified using the ConstrainableLookupLocatorTrustVerifier trust verifier.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.jini.core.discovery.LookupLocator

host, port

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ConstrainableLookupLocator(String host, int port, MethodConstraints constraints) Constructs a new ConstrainableLookupLocator instance which can be used to perform unicast discovery to the given host and port with the provided constraints applied.
ConstrainableLookupLocator(String url, MethodConstraints constraints) Constructs a new ConstrainableLookupLocator instance which can be used to perform unicast discovery to the host and port named by the given URL with the provided constraints applied.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
MethodConstraints	getConstraints() Returns the client constraints placed on this proxy.
ServiceRegistrar	getRegistrar() Performs unicast discovery as specified by LookupLocator.getRegistrar() with the following differences.
ServiceRegistrar	getRegistrar(int timeout) Performs unicast discovery as specified by LookupLocator.getRegistrar(int), additionally applying the supplied discovery constraints.
RemoteMethodControl	setConstraints(MethodConstraints constraints) Returns a new copy of this proxy with the client constraints set to the specified constraints.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of this object.

Methods inherited from class net.jini.core.discovery.LookupLocator

equals, getHost, getPort, hashCode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConstrainableLookupLocator

public ConstrainableLookupLocator(String url,
                                  MethodConstraints constraints)
                           throws MalformedURLException

Constructs a new ConstrainableLookupLocator instance which can be used to perform unicast discovery to the host and port named by the given URL with the provided constraints applied. This constructor invokes its superclass LookupLocator.LookupLocator(String) constructor. Any exceptions thrown by the superclass constructor are rethrown.

The url must be a valid URL of scheme "jini" as described in LookupLocator(String). A null constraints value is interpreted as mapping both getRegistrar methods to empty constraints.

Parameters:

url - the URL to use

constraints - the constraints to apply to unicast discovery, or null

Throws:

MalformedURLException - if url cannot be parsed

NullPointerException - if url is null

ConstrainableLookupLocator

public ConstrainableLookupLocator(String host,
                                  int port,
                                  MethodConstraints constraints)

Constructs a new ConstrainableLookupLocator instance which can be used to perform unicast discovery to the given host and port with the provided constraints applied. This constructor invokes its superclass LookupLocator.LookupLocator(String, int) constructor. Any exceptions thrown by the superclass constructor are rethrown.

A null constraints value is interpreted as mapping both getRegistrar methods to empty constraints. The host and port must satisfy the requirements of the LookupLocator(String, int) constructor.

Parameters:

host - the name of the host to contact

port - the number of the port to connect to

constraints - the constraints to apply to unicast discovery, or null

Throws:

NullPointerException - if host is null

IllegalArgumentException - if the port and host do not meet the requirements of LookupLocator(String, int).

Method Detail

getRegistrar

public ServiceRegistrar getRegistrar()
                              throws IOException,
                                     ClassNotFoundException

Performs unicast discovery as specified by LookupLocator.getRegistrar() with the following differences.

• It applies the supplied constraints (if any) for this method.
• It does not invoke the getRegistrar(int) method.
• If no timeout constraints are specified, this method assumes a default timeout of 60 seconds. A non default timeout can only be specified through the supplied constraints, the net.jini.discovery.timeout system property is ignored.

ConstrainableLookupLocator implements this method to use the values of the host and port field in determining the host and port to connect to.

Overrides:

getRegistrar in class LookupLocator

Returns:

the ServiceRegistrar for the lookup service denoted by this LookupLocator object

Throws:

UnsupportedConstraintException - if the discovery-related constraints contain conflicts, or otherwise cannot be processed

IOException - an error occurred during discovery

ClassNotFoundException - if a class required to unmarshal the ServiceRegistrar proxy cannot be found

getRegistrar

public ServiceRegistrar getRegistrar(int timeout)
                              throws IOException,
                                     ClassNotFoundException

Performs unicast discovery as specified by LookupLocator.getRegistrar(int), additionally applying the supplied discovery constraints. The timeout is considered a requirement with respect to other constraints specified for this instance.

Overrides:

getRegistrar in class LookupLocator

Parameters:

timeout - the maximum time to wait for a response, in milliseconds. A value of 0 specifies an infinite timeout.

Returns:

the ServiceRegistrar for the lookup service denoted by this LookupLocator object

Throws:

UnsupportedConstraintException - if the discovery-related constraints contain conflicts, or otherwise cannot be processed

IOException - an error occurred during discovery

ClassNotFoundException - if a class required to unmarshal the ServiceRegistrar proxy cannot be found

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class LookupLocator

Returns:

the string representation

setConstraints

public RemoteMethodControl setConstraints(MethodConstraints constraints)

Description copied from interface: RemoteMethodControl

Returns a new copy of this proxy with the client constraints set to the specified constraints. These constraints completely replace (in the copy) any client constraints previously placed on this proxy; calling the getConstraints method of the copy returns the identical constraints instance. The original proxy is not modified. A null value is interpreted as mapping all methods to empty constraints (one that has no requirements and no preferences). For any given remote call, the specific client requirements and preferences to be satisfied are given by the return value of invoking the getConstraints method of the specified MethodConstraints instance with a Method object representing the remote method.

Client constraints placed on a proxy are included in the serialized state of the proxy. This allows third-party services to be transparent to the client's needs. For example, if remote object s1 obtains a proxy for remote object s2, and passes that proxy to remote object s3, expecting s3 to invoke a remote method on s2, then s1 can control that call by placing its constraints directly on the proxy before passing it to s3. If s3 does not wish to be transparent in this way, then it should explicitly replace the client constraints on received proxies with whatever constraints are appropriate to implement its own policy.

Specified by:

setConstraints in interface RemoteMethodControl

Parameters:

constraints - client constraints, or null

Returns:

a new copy of this proxy with the client constraints set to the specified constraints

See Also:

RemoteMethodControl.getConstraints()

getConstraints

public MethodConstraints getConstraints()

Description copied from interface: RemoteMethodControl

Returns the client constraints placed on this proxy. The return value can be null, which is interpreted as mapping all methods to empty constraints (one that has no requirements and no preferences).

Specified by:

getConstraints in interface RemoteMethodControl

Returns:

the client constraints, or null

See Also:

RemoteMethodControl.setConstraints(net.jini.core.constraint.MethodConstraints)